Its story

HIP 48430 has a visual magnitude of about 6.89: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48430: right ascension 9h 52m 26s, declination −71° 56′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Chamaeleon constellation (IAU figure Cha).

HIP 48430. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48430, HD 86055, Gaia DR3 5218245974560867456. In the SkyKeepsake Chamaeleon (Cha) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.