Its story

HIP 44991 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 44991: right ascension 9h 9m 50s, declination +10° 29′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 44991. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44991, HD 78662, Gaia DR3 591765919802330752. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.