Its story

HIP 45462 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 45462: right ascension 9h 15m 53s, declination +15° 0′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 45462. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45462, HD 79681, Gaia DR3 606799855822768000. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.