Its story

HIP 48738 has a visual magnitude of about 8.33: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48738: right ascension 9h 56m 28s, declination −30° 52′ 32″ (J2000), in the region of the Antlia constellation (IAU figure Ant).

HIP 48738. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48738, HD 86228, Gaia DR3 5463318453440047104. In the SkyKeepsake Antlia (Ant) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.