Its story

HIP 49944 has a visual magnitude of about 7.85: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49944: right ascension 10h 11m 49s, declination +33° 7′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 49944. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49944, HD 88328, Gaia DR3 746260227061943808. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.