Its story

HIP 49438 has a visual magnitude of about 7.68: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49438: right ascension 10h 5m 37s, declination +34° 41′ 24″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 49438. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49438, HD 87422, Gaia DR3 747437769655879296. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.