Its story

HIP 51642 has a visual magnitude of about 9.34: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 51642: right ascension 10h 33m 5s, declination −15° 49′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 51642. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 51642, Gaia DR3 3748855096143584768. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.