Its story

HIP 49951 has a visual magnitude of about 6.84: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49951: right ascension 10h 11m 55s, declination −44° 43′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 49951. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49951, HD 88590, Gaia DR3 5415019935585316608. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.