Its story

HIP 48897 has a visual magnitude of about 8.81: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48897: right ascension 9h 58m 29s, declination −3° 38′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Sextans constellation (IAU figure Sex).

HIP 48897. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48897, HD 86445, Gaia DR3 3823214071097456128. In the SkyKeepsake Sextans (Sex) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.