Its story

HIP 48887 has a visual magnitude of about 7.78: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48887: right ascension 9h 58m 15s, declination +51° 34′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 48887. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48887, HD 86165, Gaia DR3 827379652339108736. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.