Its story

HIP 45176 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 45176: right ascension 9h 12m 22s, declination −28° 56′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 45176. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45176, HD 79290, Gaia DR3 5635810219858907136. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.