Its story

HIP 45086 has a visual magnitude of about 8.43: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45086: right ascension 9h 11m 4s, declination −41° 14′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 45086. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45086, HD 79153, Gaia DR3 5428557741225636864. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.