Its story

HIP 44918 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 44918: right ascension 9h 9m 2s, declination +17° 28′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 44918. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44918, HD 78479, Gaia DR3 635095890642370560. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.