Its story

HIP 45224 has a visual magnitude of about 8.28: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45224: right ascension 9h 12m 58s, declination +45° 39′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Lynx constellation (IAU figure Lyn).

HIP 45224. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45224, HD 79006, Gaia DR3 1011111343875499776. In the SkyKeepsake Lynx (Lyn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.