Its story

HIP 50449 has a visual magnitude of about 7.99: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 50449: right ascension 10h 18m 4s, declination −48° 45′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 50449. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 50449, HD 89426, Gaia DR3 5359253324312717312. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.