Its story

HIP 48739 has a visual magnitude of about 7.78: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48739: right ascension 9h 56m 30s, declination −24° 5′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Antlia constellation (IAU figure Ant).

HIP 48739. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48739, HD 86226, Gaia DR3 5660492297395345408. In the SkyKeepsake Antlia (Ant) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.