Its story

HIP 49536 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 49536: right ascension 10h 6m 52s, declination −49° 57′ 60″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 49536. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49536, HD 87909, Gaia DR3 5406704878919212032. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.