Its story

HIP 44281 has a visual magnitude of about 6.18: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44281: right ascension 9h 1m 6s, declination −27° 30′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 44281. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44281, HD 77339, Gaia DR3 5648433163104280192. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.