Its story

HIP 44960 has a visual magnitude of about 6.43: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44960: right ascension 9h 9m 34s, declination −29° 49′ 0″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 44960. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44960, HD 78878, Gaia DR3 5635336673944968448. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.