Its story

HIP 47949 has a visual magnitude of about 6.90: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 47949: right ascension 9h 46m 14s, declination −14° 35′ 24″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 47949. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 47949, HD 84636, Gaia DR3 5687279974060443648. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.