Its story

HIP 45682 has a visual magnitude of about 8.35: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45682: right ascension 9h 18m 47s, declination −53° 36′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 45682. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45682, HD 80598, Gaia DR3 5310821791308718080. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.