Its story

HIP 48439 has a visual magnitude of about 7.31: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48439: right ascension 9h 52m 35s, declination +40° 22′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 48439. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48439, HD 85397, Gaia DR3 806513567344879744. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.