Its story

HIP 47588 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 47588: right ascension 9h 42m 12s, declination −7° 46′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 47588. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 47588, HD 84038, Gaia DR3 3820319121406245888. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.