Its story

HIP 52488 has a visual magnitude of about 6.37: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 52488: right ascension 10h 43m 52s, declination −60° 7′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 52488. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 52488, HD 93131, Gaia DR3 5254268071479968512. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.