Its story

HIP 49858 has a visual magnitude of about 6.40: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49858: right ascension 10h 10m 52s, declination −15° 42′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 49858. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49858, HD 88346, Gaia DR3 5674171252836549376. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.