Its story

HIP 50140 has a visual magnitude of about 6.71: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 50140: right ascension 10h 14m 8s, declination −7° 59′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 50140. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 50140, HD 88764, Gaia DR3 3772367293310017280. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.