Its story

HIP 49578 has a visual magnitude of about 6.49: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49578: right ascension 10h 7m 14s, declination +60° 55′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 49578. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49578, HD 87481, Gaia DR3 1050173659116149504. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.