Its story

HIP 45738 has a visual magnitude of about 6.73: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45738: right ascension 9h 19m 29s, declination −67° 25′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Volans constellation (IAU figure Vol).

HIP 45738. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45738, HD 80980, Gaia DR3 5247097056595615616. In the SkyKeepsake Volans (Vol) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.