Its story

HIP 48830 has a visual magnitude of about 6.56: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48830: right ascension 9h 57m 40s, declination −16° 31′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 48830. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48830, HD 86371, Gaia DR3 5685831779807743104. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.