Its story

HIP 48436 has a visual magnitude of about 6.17: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48436: right ascension 9h 52m 30s, declination +35° 31′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 48436. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48436, HD 85416, Gaia DR3 796225574484471040. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.