Its story

HIP 46497 has a visual magnitude of about 7.90: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46497: right ascension 9h 28m 59s, declination +47° 11′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 46497. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46497, HD 81740, Gaia DR3 825372871819896832. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.