Its story

HIP 48552 has a visual magnitude of about 6.07: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48552: right ascension 9h 54m 7s, declination +4° 56′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Sextans constellation (IAU figure Sex).

HIP 48552. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48552, HD 85762, Gaia DR3 3849706941207472512. In the SkyKeepsake Sextans (Sex) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.