Its story

HIP 51042 has a visual magnitude of about 7.83: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 51042: right ascension 10h 25m 41s, declination +40° 54′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 51042. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 51042, HD 90224, Gaia DR3 804498501831957120. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.