Its story

HIP 49481 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 49481: right ascension 10h 6m 9s, declination −20° 56′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 49481. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49481, HD 87672, Gaia DR3 5667535700163167616. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.