Its story

HIP 45948 has a visual magnitude of about 7.72: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45948: right ascension 9h 22m 14s, declination +35° 34′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 45948. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45948, HD 80698, Gaia DR3 702560721533117568. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.