Its story

HIP 46008 has a visual magnitude of about 8.40: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46008: right ascension 9h 23m 0s, declination −62° 14′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 46008. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46008, HD 81453, Gaia DR3 5298650511129206784. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.