Its story

HIP 46503 has a visual magnitude of about 8.38: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46503: right ascension 9h 29m 2s, declination +43° 12′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 46503. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46503, HD 81774, Gaia DR3 814583462999635200. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.