Its story

HIP 51001 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 51001: right ascension 10h 25m 7s, declination −50° 6′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 51001. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 51001, HD 90412, Gaia DR3 5358873717919853056. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.