Its story

HIP 48959 has a visual magnitude of about 8.03: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48959: right ascension 9h 59m 15s, declination −33° 40′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Antlia constellation (IAU figure Ant).

HIP 48959. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48959, Gaia DR3 5435558194317509632. In the SkyKeepsake Antlia (Ant) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.