Its story

HIP 48240 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 48240: right ascension 9h 50m 4s, declination −29° 54′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Antlia constellation (IAU figure Ant).

HIP 48240. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48240, HD 85278, Gaia DR3 5464325266789224448. In the SkyKeepsake Antlia (Ant) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.