Its story

HIP 46420 has a visual magnitude of about 7.77: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46420: right ascension 9h 27m 57s, declination −55° 20′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 46420. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46420, HD 82111, Gaia DR3 5307333693742785536. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.