Its story

HIP 48120 has a visual magnitude of about 6.50: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48120: right ascension 9h 48m 40s, declination −55° 29′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 48120. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48120, HD 85230, Gaia DR3 5307761751682927744. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.