Its story

HIP 44178 has a visual magnitude of about 8.37: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44178: right ascension 8h 59m 54s, declination +7° 8′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 44178. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44178, HD 77011, Gaia DR3 583778826820251264. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.