Its story

HIP 45074 has a visual magnitude of about 7.57: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45074: right ascension 9h 10m 53s, declination +18° 53′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 45074. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45074, HD 78849, Gaia DR3 635513185369072896. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.