Its story

HIP 48405 has a visual magnitude of about 7.99: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48405: right ascension 9h 52m 8s, declination +26° 54′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 48405. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48405, Gaia DR3 646899491563644672. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.