Its story

HIP 49343 has a visual magnitude of about 6.01: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49343: right ascension 10h 4m 23s, declination −39° 58′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Antlia constellation (IAU figure Ant).

HIP 49343. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49343, HD 87477, Gaia DR3 5420475437405827712. In the SkyKeepsake Antlia (Ant) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.