Its story

HIP 48435 has a visual magnitude of about 7.47: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48435: right ascension 9h 52m 29s, declination +31° 32′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 48435. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48435, HD 85427, Gaia DR3 745163842170360576. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.