Its story

HIP 50340 has a visual magnitude of about 6.49: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 50340: right ascension 10h 16m 46s, declination −20° 40′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 50340. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 50340, HD 89169, Gaia DR3 5668121842939787776. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.