Its story

HIP 48371 has a visual magnitude of about 6.69: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48371: right ascension 9h 51m 39s, declination −46° 30′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 48371. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48371, HD 85604, Gaia DR3 5411301146750680192. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.