Its story

HIP 49831 has a visual magnitude of about 7.34: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49831: right ascension 10h 10m 23s, declination +20° 56′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo constellation (IAU figure Leo).

HIP 49831. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49831, HD 88162, Gaia DR3 628505246146831360. In the SkyKeepsake Leo (Leo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.