Its story

HIP 49957 has a visual magnitude of about 7.35: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49957: right ascension 10h 11m 59s, declination −54° 59′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 49957. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49957, HD 88660, Gaia DR3 5356051065425506304. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.