Its story

HIP 50712 has a visual magnitude of about 8.00: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 50712: right ascension 10h 21m 17s, declination −44° 32′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 50712. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 50712, HD 89854, Gaia DR3 5414149019301059584. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.