Its story

HIP 44870 has a visual magnitude of about 7.30: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44870: right ascension 9h 8m 34s, declination +16° 42′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 44870. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44870, HD 78419, Gaia DR3 610968448000722432. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.