Its story

HIP 48491 has a visual magnitude of about 7.07: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48491: right ascension 9h 53m 22s, declination −9° 54′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 48491. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48491, HD 85690, Gaia DR3 3770800008204104192. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.