Its story

HIP 44442 has a visual magnitude of about 7.12: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44442: right ascension 9h 3m 16s, declination −33° 36′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 44442. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44442, HD 77737, Gaia DR3 5627900058334382080. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.