Its story

HIP 66048 has a visual magnitude of about 7.75: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 66048: right ascension 13h 32m 26s, declination +20° 52′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Coma Berenices constellation (IAU figure Com).

HIP 66048. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 66048, HD 117816, Gaia DR3 1441403054742212608. In the SkyKeepsake Coma Berenices (Com) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.