Its story

HIP 44268 has a visual magnitude of about 6.91: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44268: right ascension 9h 0m 53s, declination −24° 9′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 44268. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44268, HD 77285, Gaia DR3 5654310052750829056. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.