Its story

HIP 49794 has a visual magnitude of about 6.80: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49794: right ascension 10h 9m 52s, declination −45° 11′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 49794. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49794, HD 88303, Gaia DR3 5414622633934098432. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.