Its story

HIP 48292 has a visual magnitude of about 6.15: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48292: right ascension 9h 50m 45s, declination +31° 23′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 48292. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48292, HD 85162, Gaia DR3 745158035374588160. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.