Its story

HIP 48076 has a visual magnitude of about 6.53: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48076: right ascension 9h 48m 4s, declination −8° 10′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 48076. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48076, HD 84874, Gaia DR3 3819306063175127552. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.