Its story

HIP 45298 has a visual magnitude of about 8.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45298: right ascension 9h 13m 54s, declination −36° 21′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Pyxis constellation (IAU figure Pyx).

HIP 45298. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45298, HD 79584, Gaia DR3 5623589663515752448. In the SkyKeepsake Pyxis (Pyx) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.