Its story

HIP 51299 has a visual magnitude of about 6.83: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 51299: right ascension 10h 28m 43s, declination +17° 8′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo constellation (IAU figure Leo).

HIP 51299. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 51299, HD 90709, Gaia DR3 3890190272147306496. In the SkyKeepsake Leo (Leo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.