Its story

HIP 48355 has a visual magnitude of about 7.98: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48355: right ascension 9h 51m 25s, declination −16° 33′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 48355. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48355, HD 85431, Gaia DR3 5684544217332063232. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.