Its story

HIP 45949 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 45949: right ascension 9h 22m 16s, declination −55° 57′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 45949. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45949, HD 81222, Gaia DR3 5309930194773990400. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.