Its story

HIP 50953 has a visual magnitude of about 7.81: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 50953: right ascension 10h 24m 23s, declination −61° 33′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 50953. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 50953, HD 90398, Gaia DR3 5254589571206397952. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.