Its story

HIP 50044 has a visual magnitude of about 6.04: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 50044: right ascension 10h 13m 1s, declination −59° 55′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 50044. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 50044, HD 88825, Gaia DR3 5257989506003101696. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.