Its story

HIP 45979 has a visual magnitude of about 9.10: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 45979: right ascension 9h 22m 35s, declination +43° 36′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 45979. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 45979, HD 80714, Gaia DR3 817749304869302272. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.