Its story

HIP 44426 has a visual magnitude of about 7.98: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44426: right ascension 9h 3m 7s, declination +30° 6′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 44426. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44426, HD 77390, Gaia DR3 699573142282517632. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.