Its story

HIP 49774 has a visual magnitude of about 7.09: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49774: right ascension 10h 9m 38s, declination −11° 53′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 49774. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49774, HD 88135, Gaia DR3 3765941575558688256. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.