Its story

HIP 49198 has a visual magnitude of about 7.96: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49198: right ascension 10h 2m 30s, declination +14° 33′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo constellation (IAU figure Leo).

HIP 49198. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49198, HD 86986, Gaia DR3 615540938902909440. In the SkyKeepsake Leo (Leo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.