Its story

HIP 46243 has a visual magnitude of about 8.11: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46243: right ascension 9h 25m 39s, declination +37° 53′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 46243. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46243, HD 81246, Gaia DR3 811303658470180992. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.