Its story

HIP 44245 has a visual magnitude of about 6.66: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44245: right ascension 9h 0m 38s, declination −51° 33′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 44245. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44245, HD 77464, Gaia DR3 5323799125200766592. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.