Its story

HIP 50439 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 50439: right ascension 10h 17m 53s, declination −21° 1′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 50439. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 50439, HD 89312, Gaia DR3 5667908743842433024. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.