Its story

HIP 46896 has a visual magnitude of about 9.17: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 46896: right ascension 9h 33m 26s, declination +17° 7′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 46896. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 46896, Gaia DR3 632761829319531648. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.