Its story

HIP 48884 has a visual magnitude of about 6.77: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48884: right ascension 9h 58m 14s, declination −25° 7′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Antlia constellation (IAU figure Ant).

HIP 48884. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48884, HD 86463, Gaia DR3 5659259504344231296. In the SkyKeepsake Antlia (Ant) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.