Its story

HIP 48918 has a visual magnitude of about 7.06: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48918: right ascension 9h 58m 45s, declination +6° 6′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Sextans constellation (IAU figure Sex).

HIP 48918. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48918, HD 86444, Gaia DR3 3850265871071505408. In the SkyKeepsake Sextans (Sex) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.