Its story

HIP 44381 has a visual magnitude of about 8.09: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44381: right ascension 9h 2m 26s, declination −43° 58′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 44381. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44381, HD 77669, Gaia DR3 5331845690580305920. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.