Its story

HIP 45121 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 45121: right ascension 9h 11m 33s, declination −57° 58′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 45121. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45121, HD 79421, Gaia DR3 5303698094140857600. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.