Its story

HIP 49802 has a visual magnitude of about 6.22: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49802: right ascension 10h 9m 56s, declination −12° 5′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 49802. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49802, HD 88182, Gaia DR3 3765935081568142976. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.