Its story

HIP 44731 has a visual magnitude of about 8.52: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44731: right ascension 9h 6m 54s, declination +22° 24′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 44731. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44731, HD 78066, Gaia DR3 685568624022343296. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.