Its story

HIP 45612 has a visual magnitude of about 8.76: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45612: right ascension 9h 17m 51s, declination +26° 0′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 45612. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45612, HD 79970, Gaia DR3 693931067083053696. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.