Its story

HIP 45304 has a visual magnitude of about 8.94: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45304: right ascension 9h 14m 0s, declination +26° 10′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 45304. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45304, HD 79303, Gaia DR3 688741166041396608. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.