Its story

HIP 48248 has a visual magnitude of about 6.77: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48248: right ascension 9h 50m 10s, declination +24° 33′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo constellation (IAU figure Leo).

HIP 48248. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48248, HD 85087, Gaia DR3 643215302976674304. In the SkyKeepsake Leo (Leo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.