Its story

HIP 45509 has a visual magnitude of about 7.09: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45509: right ascension 9h 16m 27s, declination −38° 39′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 45509. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45509, HD 80072, Gaia DR3 5430544627457018880. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.