Its story

HIP 44982 has a visual magnitude of about 7.29: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44982: right ascension 9h 9m 46s, declination −25° 48′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 44982. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44982, HD 78876, Gaia DR3 5650110807389832192. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.