Its story

HIP 44617 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 44617: right ascension 9h 5m 30s, declination −55° 28′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 44617. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44617, HD 78359, Gaia DR3 5304935560123948032. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.