Its story

HIP 47988 has a visual magnitude of about 8.30: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 47988: right ascension 9h 46m 51s, declination −1° 54′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Sextans constellation (IAU figure Sex).

HIP 47988. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 47988, HD 84682, Gaia DR3 3827535907708818944. In the SkyKeepsake Sextans (Sex) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.