Its story

HIP 48469 has a visual magnitude of about 6.45: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48469: right ascension 9h 53m 0s, declination −55° 22′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 48469. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48469, HD 85871, Gaia DR3 5308081022372145792. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.