Its story

HIP 45542 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 45542: right ascension 9h 16m 56s, declination −40° 6′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 45542. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45542, HD 80171, Gaia DR3 5430216182717388672. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.