Its story

HIP 49684 has a visual magnitude of about 8.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49684: right ascension 10h 8m 33s, declination −4° 8′ 48″ (J2000), in the region of the Sextans constellation (IAU figure Sex).

HIP 49684. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49684, HD 87976, Gaia DR3 3828116415488516096. In the SkyKeepsake Sextans (Sex) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.