Its story

HIP 51947 has a visual magnitude of about 6.98: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 51947: right ascension 10h 36m 44s, declination −47° 15′ 18″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 51947. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 51947, HD 92040, Gaia DR3 5364824206124625920. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.