How to see it
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.
Sky position
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).
Catalog context
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.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 632761829319531648
- HIP
- 46896
- gaia_dr3
- 632761829319531648
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 632761829319531648
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 9.17