Its story

HIP 50056 has a visual magnitude of about 7.71: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 50056: right ascension 10h 13m 12s, declination +21° 25′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo constellation (IAU figure Leo).

HIP 50056. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 50056, HD 88560, Gaia DR3 628920861541918208. In the SkyKeepsake Leo (Leo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.