Its story

HIP 45659 has a visual magnitude of about 6.28: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45659: right ascension 9h 18m 25s, declination −57° 16′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 45659. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45659, HD 80577, Gaia DR3 5306746180895394432. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.