Its story

HIP 46398 has a visual magnitude of about 8.69: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46398: right ascension 9h 27m 41s, declination +11° 25′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 46398. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46398, HD 81708, Gaia DR3 592869004843159936. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.