Its story

HIP 49506 has a visual magnitude of about 6.89: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49506: right ascension 10h 6m 29s, declination +55° 46′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 49506. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49506, HD 87421, Gaia DR3 1045009665316755968. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.