Its story

HIP 44780 has a visual magnitude of about 7.94: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44780: right ascension 9h 7m 38s, declination +7° 29′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 44780. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44780, HD 78301, Gaia DR3 584048138449334272. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.