Its story

HIP 50238 has a visual magnitude of about 8.18: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 50238: right ascension 10h 15m 26s, declination +41° 52′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 50238. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 50238, HD 88785, Gaia DR3 805245177605526400. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.