Its story

HIP 49849 has a visual magnitude of about 6.70: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49849: right ascension 10h 10m 42s, declination −38° 54′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Antlia constellation (IAU figure Ant).

HIP 49849. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49849, HD 88398, Gaia DR3 5420955580390232832. In the SkyKeepsake Antlia (Ant) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.