Its story

HIP 45686 has a visual magnitude of about 8.02: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45686: right ascension 9h 18m 49s, declination +29° 49′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 45686. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45686, HD 80131, Gaia DR3 698834854583185792. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.