Its story

HIP 44784 has a visual magnitude of about 7.71: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44784: right ascension 9h 7m 39s, declination +28° 0′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 44784. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44784, HD 78194, Gaia DR3 692338665008642048. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.