Its story

HIP 49294 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 49294: right ascension 10h 3m 42s, declination −25° 19′ 0″ (J2000), in the region of the Antlia constellation (IAU figure Ant).

HIP 49294. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49294, HD 87318, Gaia DR3 5659384505071937664. In the SkyKeepsake Antlia (Ant) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.