Its story

HIP 45963 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 45963: right ascension 9h 22m 25s, declination +40° 11′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 45963. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45963, HD 80715, Gaia DR3 812477352773908608. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.