Its story

HIP 44070 has a visual magnitude of about 8.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44070: right ascension 8h 58m 36s, declination −23° 47′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 44070. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44070, HD 76948, Gaia DR3 5654372690553660416. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.