Its story

HIP 44749 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 44749: right ascension 9h 7m 11s, declination +18° 8′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 44749. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44749, HD 78142, Gaia DR3 635366954618237696. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.