Its story

HIP 50309 has a visual magnitude of about 8.14: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 50309: right ascension 10h 16m 19s, declination −28° 58′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Antlia constellation (IAU figure Ant).

HIP 50309. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 50309, HD 89117, Gaia DR3 5462598586857191424. In the SkyKeepsake Antlia (Ant) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.