Its story

HIP 44858 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 44858: right ascension 9h 8m 24s, declination +27° 32′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 44858. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44858, Gaia DR3 692119656035933568. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.