Its story

HIP 49731 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 49731: right ascension 10h 9m 9s, declination +53° 2′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 49731. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49731, HD 87835, Gaia DR3 851571553850014336. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.