Its story

HIP 48172 has a visual magnitude of about 6.14: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48172: right ascension 9h 49m 9s, declination −43° 28′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 48172. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48172, HD 85209, Gaia DR3 5412985942157778816. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.