Its story

HIP 45545 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 45545: right ascension 9h 16m 58s, declination −45° 0′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 45545. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45545, HD 80205, Gaia DR3 5423790533689787008. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.