Its story

HIP 44656 has a visual magnitude of about 6.93: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44656: right ascension 9h 5m 57s, declination −36° 5′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 44656. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44656, HD 78224, Gaia DR3 5623989095475694208. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.