Its story

HIP 48696 has a visual magnitude of about 7.57: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48696: right ascension 9h 55m 52s, declination +26° 51′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 48696. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48696, HD 85946, Gaia DR3 643986125052103296. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.