Its story

HIP 49448 has a visual magnitude of about 7.87: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49448: right ascension 10h 5m 44s, declination +41° 2′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 49448. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49448, HD 87411, Gaia DR3 803843712596089216. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.