Its story

HIP 45340 has a visual magnitude of about 6.75: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45340: right ascension 9h 14m 23s, declination −65° 3′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 45340. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45340, HD 80060, Gaia DR3 5248744296820302080. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.