Its story

HIP 48728 has a visual magnitude of about 7.84: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48728: right ascension 9h 56m 21s, declination +35° 19′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 48728. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48728, HD 85974, Gaia DR3 795427775717909888. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.