Its story

HIP 44647 has a visual magnitude of about 8.50: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44647: right ascension 9h 5m 51s, declination −47° 46′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 44647. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44647, HD 78344, Gaia DR3 5327075704197383168. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.