Its story

HIP 49746 has a visual magnitude of about 7.00: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49746: right ascension 10h 9m 19s, declination +38° 25′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 49746. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49746, HD 87955, Gaia DR3 802557868108810624. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.