Its story

HIP 44988 has a visual magnitude of about 7.64: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44988: right ascension 9h 9m 49s, declination +40° 9′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 44988. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44988, HD 78477, Gaia DR3 815476511256247552. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.