Its story

HIP 48494 has a visual magnitude of about 6.52: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48494: right ascension 9h 53m 23s, declination −17° 55′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 48494. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48494, HD 85723, Gaia DR3 5672116437403103744. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.