Its story

HIP 44997 has a visual magnitude of about 8.19: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44997: right ascension 9h 9m 54s, declination +14° 27′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 44997. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44997, HD 78660, Gaia DR3 607044664662446720. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.