Its story

HIP 49882 has a visual magnitude of about 6.55: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49882: right ascension 10h 11m 9s, declination +20° 41′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo constellation (IAU figure Leo).

HIP 49882. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49882, HD 88270, Gaia DR3 628447487426672512. In the SkyKeepsake Leo (Leo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.