Its story

HIP 44509 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 44509: right ascension 9h 4m 6s, declination −47° 26′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 44509. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44509, HD 78005, Gaia DR3 5327143667759631872. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.