Its story

HIP 44431 has a visual magnitude of about 6.70: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44431: right ascension 9h 3m 9s, declination −25° 30′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 44431. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44431, HD 77665, Gaia DR3 5649477767866055040. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.