Its story

HIP 50849 has a visual magnitude of about 6.81: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 50849: right ascension 10h 22m 59s, declination −24° 20′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Antlia constellation (IAU figure Ant).

HIP 50849. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 50849, HD 90027, Gaia DR3 5472788001629290496. In the SkyKeepsake Antlia (Ant) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.