Its story

HIP 49778 has a visual magnitude of about 7.98: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49778: right ascension 10h 9m 42s, declination +3° 9′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Sextans constellation (IAU figure Sex).

HIP 49778. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49778, Gaia DR3 3836662399679614080. In the SkyKeepsake Sextans (Sex) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.