Its story

HIP 46302 has a visual magnitude of about 8.20: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46302: right ascension 9h 26m 34s, declination +31° 10′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 46302. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46302, HD 81461, Gaia DR3 700490616015644288. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.