Its story

HIP 50868 has a visual magnitude of about 6.18: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 50868: right ascension 10h 23m 13s, declination −30° 9′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Antlia constellation (IAU figure Ant).

HIP 50868. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 50868, HD 90071, Gaia DR3 5461497700839486208. In the SkyKeepsake Antlia (Ant) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.