Its story

HIP 48589 has a visual magnitude of about 6.60: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48589: right ascension 9h 54m 34s, declination −58° 25′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 48589. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48589, HD 86118, Gaia DR3 5257663878763302272. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.