Its story

HIP 44489 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 44489: right ascension 9h 3m 53s, declination +18° 41′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 44489. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44489, HD 77571, Gaia DR3 636209867719950336. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.