Its story

HIP 45974 has a visual magnitude of about 7.10: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45974: right ascension 9h 22m 32s, declination +49° 32′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 45974. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45974, HD 80608, Gaia DR3 1018174297334718720. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.