Its story

HIP 46261 has a visual magnitude of about 8.28: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46261: right ascension 9h 25m 58s, declination +8° 47′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 46261. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46261, HD 81462, Gaia DR3 587420447986293248. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.