Its story

HIP 48890 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 48890: right ascension 9h 58m 18s, declination +30° 31′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 48890. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48890, HD 86311, Gaia DR3 744820893326252672. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.