Its story

HIP 45580 has a visual magnitude of about 7.78: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45580: right ascension 9h 17m 23s, declination −58° 43′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 45580. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45580, HD 80457, Gaia DR3 5300599532935563264. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.