Its story

HIP 45255 has a visual magnitude of about 7.50: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45255: right ascension 9h 13m 24s, declination +10° 18′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 45255. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45255, HD 79264, Gaia DR3 591712838302113664. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.