Its story

HIP 48789 has a visual magnitude of about 7.96: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48789: right ascension 9h 57m 4s, declination −17° 36′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 48789. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48789, HD 86282, Gaia DR3 5672197663824652288. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.