Its story

HIP 49993 has a visual magnitude of about 8.43: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49993: right ascension 10h 12m 20s, declination +27° 6′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 49993. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49993, HD 88416, Gaia DR3 739472838704215552. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.