Its story

HIP 49477 has a visual magnitude of about 6.25: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49477: right ascension 10h 6m 7s, declination −52° 11′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 49477. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49477, HD 87816, Gaia DR3 5404921677218538496. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.