Its story

HIP 44674 has a visual magnitude of about 7.31: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44674: right ascension 9h 6m 16s, declination +17° 6′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 44674. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44674, HD 77985, Gaia DR3 611225836800623872. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.