Its story

HIP 46862 has a visual magnitude of about 8.97: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46862: right ascension 9h 32m 57s, declination +8° 10′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Sextans constellation (IAU figure Sex).

HIP 46862. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46862, Gaia DR3 587850833774278016. In the SkyKeepsake Sextans (Sex) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.