Its story

HIP 48170 has a visual magnitude of about 7.87: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48170: right ascension 9h 49m 7s, declination −19° 38′ 48″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 48170. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48170, HD 85076, Gaia DR3 5671479476573466624. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.