Its story

HIP 44568 has a visual magnitude of about 6.87: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44568: right ascension 9h 4m 50s, declination −46° 48′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 44568. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44568, HD 78133, Gaia DR3 5330187906220231040. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.