Its story

HIP 45459 has a visual magnitude of about 6.68: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45459: right ascension 9h 15m 51s, declination −37° 37′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 45459. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45459, HD 79961, Gaia DR3 5430762055882370048. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.