Its story

HIP 49076 has a visual magnitude of about 6.87: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49076: right ascension 10h 0m 59s, declination −50° 28′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 49076. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49076, HD 87026, Gaia DR3 5405386839353866496. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.