Its story

HIP 48553 has a visual magnitude of about 6.71: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48553: right ascension 9h 54m 7s, declination +8° 4′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Sextans constellation (IAU figure Sex).

HIP 48553. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48553, HD 85748, Gaia DR3 3877891719194651904. In the SkyKeepsake Sextans (Sex) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.