Its story

HIP 48571 has a visual magnitude of about 6.41: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48571: right ascension 9h 54m 23s, declination −46° 38′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 48571. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48571, HD 85997, Gaia DR3 5411259227869012224. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.