Its story

HIP 49842 has a visual magnitude of about 7.50: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49842: right ascension 10h 10m 37s, declination +23° 52′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo constellation (IAU figure Leo).

HIP 49842. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49842, HD 88179, Gaia DR3 630220999681700736. In the SkyKeepsake Leo (Leo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.