Its story

HIP 50523 has a visual magnitude of about 8.39: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 50523: right ascension 10h 19m 10s, declination −9° 20′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 50523. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 50523, HD 89434, Gaia DR3 3768963274030055424. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.