Its story

HIP 47242 has a visual magnitude of about 6.21: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 47242: right ascension 9h 37m 46s, declination −3° 10′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Sextans constellation (IAU figure Sex).

HIP 47242. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 47242, HD 83352, Gaia DR3 3827008726243176192. In the SkyKeepsake Sextans (Sex) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.