Its story

HIP 49516 has a visual magnitude of about 7.80: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49516: right ascension 10h 6m 37s, declination −53° 41′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 49516. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49516, HD 87894, Gaia DR3 5356361643100446720. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.