Its story

HIP 48252 has a visual magnitude of about 6.83: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48252: right ascension 9h 50m 12s, declination −0° 13′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Sextans constellation (IAU figure Sex).

HIP 48252. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48252, HD 85180, Gaia DR3 3833819616661550720. In the SkyKeepsake Sextans (Sex) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.