Its story

HIP 44984 has a visual magnitude of about 6.39: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44984: right ascension 9h 9m 46s, declination +11° 33′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 44984. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44984, HD 78661, Gaia DR3 592184494431479296. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.