Its story

HIP 49663 has a visual magnitude of about 8.50: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49663: right ascension 10h 8m 20s, declination −57° 17′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 49663. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49663, HD 88175, Gaia DR3 5258884405367360512. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.