Its story

HIP 49408 has a visual magnitude of about 6.30: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49408: right ascension 10h 5m 10s, declination +52° 22′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 49408. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49408, HD 87243, Gaia DR3 827511868612299520. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.