Its story

HIP 48820 has a visual magnitude of about 8.20: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48820: right ascension 9h 57m 30s, declination +5° 6′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Sextans constellation (IAU figure Sex).

HIP 48820. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48820, HD 86277, Gaia DR3 3850026791716881408. In the SkyKeepsake Sextans (Sex) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.