Its story

HIP 44462 has a visual magnitude of about 8.08: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44462: right ascension 9h 3m 30s, declination −47° 24′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 44462. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44462, HD 77904, Gaia DR3 5327147344251612160. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.