Its story

HIP 49689 has a visual magnitude of about 6.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49689: right ascension 10h 8m 35s, declination −15° 36′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 49689. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49689, HD 88025, Gaia DR3 5674214511747100288. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.