Its story

HIP 49271 has a visual magnitude of about 6.35: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49271: right ascension 10h 3m 28s, declination +41° 18′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 49271. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49271, HD 87046, Gaia DR3 806776110106407808. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.