Its story

HIP 44809 has a visual magnitude of about 7.81: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44809: right ascension 9h 7m 54s, declination −55° 19′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 44809. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44809, HD 78789, Gaia DR3 5310899620429252608. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.