Its story

HIP 49238 has a visual magnitude of about 8.06: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49238: right ascension 10h 3m 5s, declination −58° 36′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 49238. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49238, HD 87419, Gaia DR3 5258359457298553856. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.