Its story

HIP 45817 has a visual magnitude of about 6.88: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45817: right ascension 9h 20m 32s, declination −61° 59′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 45817. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45817, HD 81038, Gaia DR3 5298716206951012352. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.