Its story

HIP 45664 has a visual magnitude of about 8.48: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45664: right ascension 9h 18m 27s, declination −45° 56′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 45664. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45664, HD 80470, Gaia DR3 5423492978352354304. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.