Its story

HIP 49739 has a visual magnitude of about 6.18: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49739: right ascension 10h 9m 15s, declination +6° 10′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Sextans constellation (IAU figure Sex).

HIP 49739. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49739, HD 88048, Gaia DR3 3873337438953244928. In the SkyKeepsake Sextans (Sex) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.