Its story

HIP 44579 has a visual magnitude of about 8.47: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44579: right ascension 9h 4m 58s, declination +11° 34′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 44579. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44579, HD 77803, Gaia DR3 604156698588589312. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.