Its story

HIP 48009 has a visual magnitude of about 6.04: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48009: right ascension 9h 47m 14s, declination −17° 12′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 48009. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48009, HD 84802, Gaia DR3 5684411966698807424. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.