Its story

HIP 49268 has a visual magnitude of about 7.01: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49268: right ascension 10h 3m 25s, declination +42° 0′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 49268. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49268, HD 87034, Gaia DR3 806949936022507776. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.