Its story

HIP 48198 has a visual magnitude of about 6.44: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48198: right ascension 9h 49m 33s, declination −11° 47′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 48198. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48198, HD 85129, Gaia DR3 5691305286129640192. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.