Its story

HIP 45984 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 45984: right ascension 9h 22m 41s, declination +25° 45′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 45984. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45984, HD 80819, Gaia DR3 693689621200931200. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.