Its story

HIP 48185 has a visual magnitude of about 7.89: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48185: right ascension 9h 49m 20s, declination −50° 39′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 48185. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48185, HD 85297, Gaia DR3 5405908042225319936. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.