Its story

HIP 44978 has a visual magnitude of about 9.13: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 44978: right ascension 9h 9m 44s, declination +9° 45′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Cancer constellation (IAU figure Cnc).

HIP 44978. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 44978, HD 78636, Gaia DR3 591305160006338176. In the SkyKeepsake Cancer (Cnc) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.