Its story

HIP 48251 has a visual magnitude of about 8.09: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48251: right ascension 9h 50m 12s, declination −58° 12′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 48251. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48251, HD 85496, Gaia DR3 5257846741278778368. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.