Its story

HIP 45602 has a visual magnitude of about 7.86: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45602: right ascension 9h 17m 41s, declination +39° 11′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 45602. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45602, HD 79850, Gaia DR3 812213229464468992. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.