Its story

HIP 45703 has a visual magnitude of about 6.76: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45703: right ascension 9h 18m 60s, declination −47° 58′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 45703. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45703, HD 80572, Gaia DR3 5326496776966971904. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.