Its story

HIP 48297 has a visual magnitude of about 8.00: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48297: right ascension 9h 50m 49s, declination −65° 26′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 48297. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48297, HD 85685, Gaia DR3 5246092927601599488. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.