Its story

HIP 44811 has a visual magnitude of about 7.56: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44811: right ascension 9h 7m 56s, declination −50° 28′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 44811. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44811, HD 78747, Gaia DR3 5324296207519645696. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.