Its story

HIP 48961 has a visual magnitude of about 7.64: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48961: right ascension 9h 59m 15s, declination +27° 31′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 48961. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48961, HD 86460, Gaia DR3 740110521088884096. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.