Its story

HIP 50874 has a visual magnitude of about 6.53: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 50874: right ascension 10h 23m 17s, declination −13° 22′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 50874. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 50874, HD 90045, Gaia DR3 3753367182626396928. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.