Its story

HIP 50955 has a visual magnitude of about 7.56: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 50955: right ascension 10h 24m 25s, declination −7° 35′ 18″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 50955. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 50955, HD 90185, Gaia DR3 3775254743987819008. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.