Its story

HIP 50540 has a visual magnitude of about 8.29: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 50540: right ascension 10h 19m 24s, declination −18° 47′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 50540. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 50540, HD 89509, Gaia DR3 5669528839866109952. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.