Its story

HIP 46042 has a visual magnitude of about 7.91: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46042: right ascension 9h 23m 23s, declination +33° 27′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 46042. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46042, HD 80915, Gaia DR3 702053915391850880. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.