Its story

HIP 45021 has a visual magnitude of about 8.29: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45021: right ascension 9h 10m 12s, declination −71° 58′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Volans constellation (IAU figure Vol).

HIP 45021. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45021, HD 79550, Gaia DR3 5218945951151517696. In the SkyKeepsake Volans (Vol) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.