Its story

HIP 45361 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 45361: right ascension 9h 14m 37s, declination −43° 56′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 45361. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45361, HD 79789, Gaia DR3 5426985267799472128. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.