Its story

HIP 50229 has a visual magnitude of about 8.07: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 50229: right ascension 10h 15m 13s, declination +16° 51′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo constellation (IAU figure Leo).

HIP 50229. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 50229, HD 88852, Gaia DR3 622280086188110720. In the SkyKeepsake Leo (Leo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.