Its story

HIP 49393 has a visual magnitude of about 6.78: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49393: right ascension 10h 5m 2s, declination −56° 53′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 49393. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49393, HD 87700, Gaia DR3 5259670040780709760. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.