Its story

HIP 45214 has a visual magnitude of about 6.38: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45214: right ascension 9h 12m 51s, declination −60° 55′ 0″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 45214. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45214, HD 79699, Gaia DR3 5299769848327101184. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.