Its story

HIP 44596 has a visual magnitude of about 6.14: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44596: right ascension 9h 5m 7s, declination −29° 1′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 44596. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44596, HD 78035, Gaia DR3 5635675460965426176. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.