Its story

HIP 49061 has a visual magnitude of about 7.94: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49061: right ascension 10h 0m 42s, declination +17° 34′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo constellation (IAU figure Leo).

HIP 49061. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49061, HD 86731, Gaia DR3 623129561999418624. In the SkyKeepsake Leo (Leo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.