Its story

HIP 44002 has a visual magnitude of about 8.04: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44002: right ascension 8h 57m 35s, declination −41° 21′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 44002. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44002, HD 76872, Gaia DR3 5524489237394767872. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.