Its story

HIP 44717 has a visual magnitude of about 6.42: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44717: right ascension 9h 6m 43s, declination +59° 20′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 44717. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44717, HD 77692, Gaia DR3 1039276158854977024. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.