Its story

HIP 48168 has a visual magnitude of about 7.41: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48168: right ascension 9h 49m 5s, declination +18° 3′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo constellation (IAU figure Leo).

HIP 48168. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48168, HD 84950, Gaia DR3 621114878740485120. In the SkyKeepsake Leo (Leo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.