Its story

HIP 45351 has a visual magnitude of about 8.01: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45351: right ascension 9h 14m 29s, declination −59° 57′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 45351. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45351, HD 79948, Gaia DR3 5299873442941621248. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.