Its story

HIP 44887 has a visual magnitude of about 6.12: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44887: right ascension 9h 8m 43s, declination −26° 46′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 44887. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44887, HD 78676, Gaia DR3 5648353100614800768. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.