Its story

HIP 48799 has a visual magnitude of about 6.10: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48799: right ascension 9h 57m 11s, declination −52° 38′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 48799. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48799, HD 86466, Gaia DR3 5404746747471743232. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.