Its story

HIP 46948 has a visual magnitude of about 9.00: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46948: right ascension 9h 34m 7s, declination −21° 4′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 46948. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46948, HD 82846, Gaia DR3 5676906592952467456. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.