Its story

HIP 50013 has a visual magnitude of about 6.34: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 50013: right ascension 10h 12m 38s, declination −19° 9′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 50013. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 50013, HD 88595, Gaia DR3 5669349344592951936. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.