Its story

HIP 48169 has a visual magnitude of about 8.06: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48169: right ascension 9h 49m 6s, declination +14° 36′ 20″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo constellation (IAU figure Leo).

HIP 48169. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48169, HD 84968, Gaia DR3 616212328190798464. In the SkyKeepsake Leo (Leo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.