Its story

HIP 45397 has a visual magnitude of about 8.12: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45397: right ascension 9h 15m 5s, declination +53° 29′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 45397. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45397, HD 79247, Gaia DR3 1022796506779256064. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.