Its story

HIP 48742 has a visual magnitude of about 6.45: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48742: right ascension 9h 56m 31s, declination +32° 23′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 48742. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48742, HD 86012, Gaia DR3 745324027270565760. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.