Its story

HIP 48271 has a visual magnitude of about 7.35: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48271: right ascension 9h 50m 30s, declination +45° 4′ 60″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 48271. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48271, HD 85039, Gaia DR3 820586182308637696. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.