Its story

HIP 46478 has a visual magnitude of about 9.07: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46478: right ascension 9h 28m 44s, declination +20° 42′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 46478. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46478, Gaia DR3 634816060637319680. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.