Its story

HIP 47608 has a visual magnitude of about 6.13: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 47608: right ascension 9h 42m 28s, declination −46° 51′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 47608. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 47608, HD 84244, Gaia DR3 5410688718772604160. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.