Its story

HIP 48048 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 48048: right ascension 9h 47m 41s, declination +29° 35′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 48048. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48048, HD 84679, Gaia DR3 744509460953304832. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.