Its story

HIP 45540 has a visual magnitude of about 7.84: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45540: right ascension 9h 16m 55s, declination +18° 7′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 45540. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45540, HD 79839, Gaia DR3 632191492022085888. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.