Its story

HIP 48515 has a visual magnitude of about 7.73: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48515: right ascension 9h 53m 39s, declination +55° 46′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 48515. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48515, HD 85459, Gaia DR3 1021939403105070592. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.