Its story

HIP 49580 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 49580: right ascension 10h 7m 15s, declination +29° 14′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 49580. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49580, HD 87680, Gaia DR3 740735868326858368. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.