Its story

HIP 44985 has a visual magnitude of about 8.34: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44985: right ascension 9h 9m 48s, declination +15° 26′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 44985. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44985, HD 78634, Gaia DR3 607739968328228352. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.