Its story

HIP 44562 has a visual magnitude of about 6.86: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44562: right ascension 9h 4m 47s, declination −44° 48′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 44562. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44562, HD 78097, Gaia DR3 5330919596847981312. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.