Its story

HIP 49221 has a visual magnitude of about 6.42: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49221: right ascension 10h 2m 49s, declination −1° 4′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Sextans constellation (IAU figure Sex).

HIP 49221. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49221, HD 87095, Gaia DR3 3830131545424189824. In the SkyKeepsake Sextans (Sex) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.