Its story

HIP 48839 has a visual magnitude of about 6.20: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48839: right ascension 9h 57m 44s, declination −1° 56′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Sextans constellation (IAU figure Sex).

HIP 48839. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48839, HD 86341, Gaia DR3 3832602113692239232. In the SkyKeepsake Sextans (Sex) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.