Its story

HIP 49985 has a visual magnitude of about 8.28: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49985: right ascension 10h 12m 17s, declination −11° 8′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 49985. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49985, HD 88518, Gaia DR3 3766122582660311552. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.