Its story

HIP 48902 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 48902: right ascension 9h 58m 32s, declination −7° 11′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Hydra constellation (IAU figure Hya).

HIP 48902. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48902, HD 86446, Gaia DR3 3773254633553341952. In the SkyKeepsake Hydra (Hya) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.