Its story

HIP 48806 has a visual magnitude of about 6.29: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48806: right ascension 9h 57m 15s, declination −64° 29′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 48806. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48806, HD 86634, Gaia DR3 5246544552014555008. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.