Its story

HIP 45311 has a visual magnitude of about 7.44: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45311: right ascension 9h 14m 7s, declination −60° 32′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 45311. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45311, HD 79905, Gaia DR3 5299782355257827328. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.