Its story

HIP 44634 has a visual magnitude of about 8.27: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44634: right ascension 9h 5m 42s, declination −50° 8′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 44634. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44634, HD 78326, Gaia DR3 5324365064438587392. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.