Its story

HIP 47048 has a visual magnitude of about 8.42: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 47048: right ascension 9h 35m 17s, declination −49° 7′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Vela constellation (IAU figure Vel).

HIP 47048. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 47048, HD 83220, Gaia DR3 5409987127277094912. In the SkyKeepsake Vela (Vel) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.