Its story

HIP 46023 has a visual magnitude of about 7.55: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46023: right ascension 9h 23m 11s, declination +32° 55′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 46023. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46023, HD 80870, Gaia DR3 701250481629769600. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.