Its story

HIP 48768 has a visual magnitude of about 6.60: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48768: right ascension 9h 56m 48s, declination +4° 14′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Sextans constellation (IAU figure Sex).

HIP 48768. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48768, HD 86147, Gaia DR3 3848808605847847936. In the SkyKeepsake Sextans (Sex) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.