Its story

HIP 49720 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 49720: right ascension 10h 9m 6s, declination −48° 18′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 49720. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49720, HD 88223, Gaia DR3 5407456395106922624. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.