Its story

HIP 46552 has a visual magnitude of about 7.48: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46552: right ascension 9h 29m 36s, declination −3° 7′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Sextans constellation (IAU figure Sex).

HIP 46552. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46552, HD 82072, Gaia DR3 3837668697633324544. In the SkyKeepsake Sextans (Sex) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.