Its story

HIP 49642 has a visual magnitude of about 6.41: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49642: right ascension 10h 7m 57s, declination −62° 13′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 49642. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49642, HD 88158, Gaia DR3 5252867534166710656. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.