Its story

HIP 45609 has a visual magnitude of about 8.78: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45609: right ascension 9h 17m 49s, declination +13° 39′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 45609. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45609, HD 80045, Gaia DR3 606336961427054080. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.