Its story

HIP 48426 has a visual magnitude of about 8.49: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48426: right ascension 9h 52m 20s, declination −67° 35′ 46″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 48426. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48426, HD 85943, Gaia DR3 5244145275890576384. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.