Its story

HIP 49701 has a visual magnitude of about 6.54: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49701: right ascension 10h 8m 46s, declination −10° 53′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 49701. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49701, HD 88024, Gaia DR3 3766917151610139904. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.