Its story

HIP 48212 has a visual magnitude of about 6.78: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48212: right ascension 9h 49m 47s, declination +31° 4′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 48212. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48212, HD 85016, Gaia DR3 744772141153246720. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.