Its story

HIP 48944 has a visual magnitude of about 7.82: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48944: right ascension 9h 59m 7s, declination +30° 25′ 18″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 48944. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48944, HD 86417, Gaia DR3 744071133770590208. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.