Its story

HIP 50158 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 50158: right ascension 10h 14m 20s, declination −55° 8′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 50158. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 50158, HD 88970, Gaia DR3 5355292776039140352. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.