Its story

HIP 48382 has a visual magnitude of about 7.81: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48382: right ascension 9h 51m 46s, declination +39° 37′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 48382. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48382, HD 85291, Gaia DR3 800440895905558656. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.