Its story

HIP 46462 has a visual magnitude of about 8.53: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46462: right ascension 9h 28m 31s, declination +11° 38′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 46462. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46462, HD 81857, Gaia DR3 592902097566561664. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.