Its story

HIP 49288 has a visual magnitude of about 6.99: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49288: right ascension 10h 3m 39s, declination +3° 58′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Sextans constellation (IAU figure Sex).

HIP 49288. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49288, HD 87213, Gaia DR3 3848926219232248832. In the SkyKeepsake Sextans (Sex) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.