Its story

HIP 49943 has a visual magnitude of about 6.55: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49943: right ascension 10h 11m 49s, declination −34° 20′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Antlia constellation (IAU figure Ant).

HIP 49943. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49943, HD 88524, Gaia DR3 5458546096236113664. In the SkyKeepsake Antlia (Ant) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.