Its story

HIP 44494 has a visual magnitude of about 8.32: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44494: right ascension 9h 3m 54s, declination −67° 37′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Volans constellation (IAU figure Vol).

HIP 44494. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44494, HD 78346, Gaia DR3 5223881040372378624. In the SkyKeepsake Volans (Vol) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.