Its story

HIP 45661 has a visual magnitude of about 6.60: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45661: right ascension 9h 18m 26s, declination +35° 21′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 45661. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45661, HD 80024, Gaia DR3 714594768926891520. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.