Its story

HIP 45864 has a visual magnitude of about 7.91: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45864: right ascension 9h 21m 8s, declination +45° 52′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 45864. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45864, HD 80407, Gaia DR3 819375035890462336. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.