Its story

HIP 45220 has a visual magnitude of about 6.78: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45220: right ascension 9h 12m 56s, declination −31° 3′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 45220. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45220, HD 79413, Gaia DR3 5634271796936496768. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.