Its story

HIP 49231 has a visual magnitude of about 6.70: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49231: right ascension 10h 2m 56s, declination −5° 37′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Sextans constellation (IAU figure Sex).

HIP 49231. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49231, HD 87144, Gaia DR3 3821880397852766208. In the SkyKeepsake Sextans (Sex) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.