Its story

HIP 48871 has a visual magnitude of about 7.27: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48871: right ascension 9h 58m 2s, declination +48° 13′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 48871. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48871, HD 86144, Gaia DR3 823455495340030592. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.