Its story

HIP 48687 has a visual magnitude of about 6.63: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48687: right ascension 9h 55m 45s, declination −8° 50′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 48687. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48687, HD 86029, Gaia DR3 3771312999097864704. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.