Its story

HIP 48741 has a visual magnitude of about 6.32: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48741: right ascension 9h 56m 31s, declination −13° 27′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 48741. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48741, HD 86173, Gaia DR3 5687616115380765568. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.