Its story

HIP 48242 has a visual magnitude of about 7.42: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48242: right ascension 9h 50m 6s, declination +51° 24′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 48242. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48242, HD 84912, Gaia DR3 827778568901593088. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.