Its story

HIP 49159 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 49159: right ascension 10h 1m 58s, declination −14° 23′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 49159. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49159, HD 87017, Gaia DR3 5686780623982557184. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.