Its story

HIP 49505 has a visual magnitude of about 7.88: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49505: right ascension 10h 6m 28s, declination −57° 59′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 49505. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49505, HD 87920, Gaia DR3 5258485420093426688. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.