Its story

HIP 46455 has a visual magnitude of about 8.34: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46455: right ascension 9h 28m 28s, declination −40° 5′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 46455. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46455, HD 82066, Gaia DR3 5429654607152907264. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.