Its story

HIP 51258 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 51258: right ascension 10h 28m 14s, declination −16° 17′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 51258. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 51258, HD 90722, Gaia DR3 3748775965666132992. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.