Its story

HIP 46240 has a visual magnitude of about 8.85: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46240: right ascension 9h 25m 38s, declination +22° 37′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 46240. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46240, HD 81360, Gaia DR3 638337182201243392. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.