Its story

HIP 45994 has a visual magnitude of about 8.64: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45994: right ascension 9h 22m 49s, declination +42° 12′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 45994. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45994, HD 80743, Gaia DR3 817417733394528128. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.