Its story

HIP 48592 has a visual magnitude of about 6.74: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48592: right ascension 9h 54m 35s, declination −12° 57′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 48592. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48592, HD 85883, Gaia DR3 5687882227258685312. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.