Its story

HIP 49989 has a visual magnitude of about 7.13: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49989: right ascension 10h 12m 19s, declination −10° 19′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 49989. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49989, HD 88517, Gaia DR3 3768466432213063680. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.