Its story

HIP 48972 has a visual magnitude of about 8.18: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48972: right ascension 9h 59m 23s, declination −13° 44′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 48972. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48972, HD 86624, Gaia DR3 5687626629460714496. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.