Its story

HIP 48955 has a visual magnitude of about 6.70: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48955: right ascension 9h 59m 12s, declination −47° 5′ 32″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 48955. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48955, HD 86739, Gaia DR3 5408548210150472704. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.