Its story

HIP 50461 has a visual magnitude of about 6.42: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 50461: right ascension 10h 18m 12s, declination −82° 54′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Chamaeleon constellation (IAU figure Cha).

HIP 50461. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 50461, HD 90317, Gaia DR3 5192210363846611712. In the SkyKeepsake Chamaeleon (Cha) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.