Its story

HIP 50149 has a visual magnitude of about 6.29: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 50149: right ascension 10h 14m 14s, declination −39° 6′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Antlia constellation (IAU figure Ant).

HIP 50149. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 50149, HD 88872, Gaia DR3 5420761860181470336. In the SkyKeepsake Antlia (Ant) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.