Its story

HIP 54949 has a visual magnitude of about 6.89: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 54949: right ascension 11h 15m 9s, declination −39° 28′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Antlia constellation (IAU figure Ant).

HIP 54949. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 54949, HD 97881, Gaia DR3 5395792913188533632. In the SkyKeepsake Antlia (Ant) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.