Its story

HIP 45497 has a visual magnitude of about 7.69: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45497: right ascension 9h 16m 14s, declination +48° 57′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 45497. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45497, HD 79494, Gaia DR3 1012794146421774336. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.