Its story

HIP 48943 has a visual magnitude of about 6.19: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48943: right ascension 9h 59m 6s, declination −23° 57′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Antlia constellation (IAU figure Ant).

HIP 48943. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48943, HD 86612, Gaia DR3 5660602557795903616. In the SkyKeepsake Antlia (Ant) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.