Its story

HIP 50305 has a visual magnitude of about 7.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 50305: right ascension 10h 16m 16s, declination +17° 44′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo constellation (IAU figure Leo).

HIP 50305. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 50305, HD 88987, Gaia DR3 624033497996238208. In the SkyKeepsake Leo (Leo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.