Its story

HIP 44344 has a visual magnitude of about 7.13: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44344: right ascension 9h 1m 49s, declination +5° 39′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 44344. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44344, HD 77293, Gaia DR3 583379124279340032. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.