Its story

HIP 50693 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 50693: right ascension 10h 21m 8s, declination −17° 59′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 50693. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 50693, HD 89747, Gaia DR3 5669733555187365504. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.