Its story

HIP 44497 has a visual magnitude of about 7.73: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44497: right ascension 9h 3m 58s, declination +11° 9′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 44497. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44497, HD 77624, Gaia DR3 603741529869851648. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.