Its story

HIP 48964 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 48964: right ascension 9h 59m 19s, declination −20° 21′ 24″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 48964. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48964, HD 86626, Gaia DR3 5670305301234154368. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.