Its story

HIP 47957 has a visual magnitude of about 6.92: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 47957: right ascension 9h 46m 22s, declination −27° 16′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Antlia constellation (IAU figure Ant).

HIP 47957. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 47957, HD 84709, Gaia DR3 5657456442712755712. In the SkyKeepsake Antlia (Ant) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.