Its story

HIP 50561 has a visual magnitude of about 6.92: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 50561: right ascension 10h 19m 41s, declination −59° 8′ 46″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 50561. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 50561, HD 89740, Gaia DR3 5255491690444353408. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.