Its story

HIP 50579 has a visual magnitude of about 7.31: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 50579: right ascension 10h 19m 54s, declination +20° 24′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo constellation (IAU figure Leo).

HIP 50579. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 50579, HD 89471, Gaia DR3 625554569254288512. In the SkyKeepsake Leo (Leo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.