Its story

HIP 46946 has a visual magnitude of about 8.46: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46946: right ascension 9h 34m 4s, declination −15° 41′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 46946. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46946, HD 82806, Gaia DR3 5688281182476588032. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.