Its story

HIP 49173 has a visual magnitude of about 7.15: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49173: right ascension 10h 2m 6s, declination +31° 31′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 49173. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49173, HD 86873, Gaia DR3 746474219512541568. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.