Its story

HIP 47256 has a visual magnitude of about 7.76: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 47256: right ascension 9h 37m 56s, declination +44° 13′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 47256. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 47256, HD 83174, Gaia DR3 815058318880124672. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.