Its story

HIP 45436 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 45436: right ascension 9h 15m 35s, declination −33° 19′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 45436. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45436, HD 79857, Gaia DR3 5630725871937732992. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.