Its story

HIP 46838 has a visual magnitude of about 7.68: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46838: right ascension 9h 32m 41s, declination +19° 51′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 46838. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46838, HD 82461, Gaia DR3 634468756697676416. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.