Its story

HIP 45901 has a visual magnitude of about 8.41: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45901: right ascension 9h 21m 30s, declination +6° 50′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 45901. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45901, Gaia DR3 586017917825905664. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.