Its story

HIP 48524 has a visual magnitude of about 7.58: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48524: right ascension 9h 53m 48s, declination +14° 44′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo constellation (IAU figure Leo).

HIP 48524. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48524, HD 85689, Gaia DR3 616126841161896192. In the SkyKeepsake Leo (Leo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.