Its story

HIP 44864 has a visual magnitude of about 8.14: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44864: right ascension 9h 8m 27s, declination +27° 32′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 44864. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44864, Gaia DR3 692120029700390912. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.