Its story

HIP 44423 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 44423: right ascension 9h 3m 5s, declination −53° 33′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 44423. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44423, HD 77907, Gaia DR3 5323302279070139776. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.