Its story

HIP 49176 has a visual magnitude of about 7.98: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49176: right ascension 10h 2m 11s, declination −46° 46′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 49176. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49176, HD 87201, Gaia DR3 5408397199104119808. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.