Its story

HIP 49202 has a visual magnitude of about 6.86: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49202: right ascension 10h 2m 33s, declination −13° 17′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 49202. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49202, HD 87096, Gaia DR3 3765380481031072768. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.