Its story

HIP 50059 has a visual magnitude of about 8.27: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 50059: right ascension 10h 13m 15s, declination +31° 22′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 50059. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 50059, HD 88531, Gaia DR3 742906196905822848. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.