Its story

HIP 47863 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 47863: right ascension 9h 45m 17s, declination −54° 14′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 47863. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 47863, HD 84688, Gaia DR3 5309181736589235200. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.