Its story

HIP 45896 has a visual magnitude of about 5.87: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45896: right ascension 9h 21m 27s, declination +32° 54′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 45896. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45896, HD 80546, Gaia DR3 701640155422333824. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.