Its story

HIP 47397 has a visual magnitude of about 6.81: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 47397: right ascension 9h 39m 27s, declination −54° 45′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 47397. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 47397, HD 83865, Gaia DR3 5308734853835266304. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.