Its story

HIP 48885 has a visual magnitude of about 7.58: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48885: right ascension 9h 58m 15s, declination −42° 11′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 48885. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48885, HD 86553, Gaia DR3 5418698283019199488. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.