Its story

HIP 49281 has a visual magnitude of about 6.32: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49281: right ascension 10h 3m 34s, declination −61° 53′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 49281. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49281, HD 87543, Gaia DR3 5255904179120926336. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.