Its story

HIP 50959 has a visual magnitude of about 6.68: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 50959: right ascension 10h 24m 26s, declination −25° 33′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Antlia constellation (IAU figure Ant).

HIP 50959. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 50959, HD 90227, Gaia DR3 5472463095943170048. In the SkyKeepsake Antlia (Ant) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.