Its story

HIP 48026 has a visual magnitude of about 8.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48026: right ascension 9h 47m 23s, declination −1° 0′ 48″ (J2000), in the region of the Sextans constellation (IAU figure Sex).

HIP 48026. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48026, HD 84765, Gaia DR3 3827749350403559936. In the SkyKeepsake Sextans (Sex) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.