Its story

HIP 44181 has a visual magnitude of about 6.50: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44181: right ascension 9h 0m 1s, declination −49° 33′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 44181. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44181, HD 77321, Gaia DR3 5325367681607022080. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.