Its story

HIP 48443 has a visual magnitude of about 8.09: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48443: right ascension 9h 52m 39s, declination +35° 6′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 48443. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48443, HD 85426, Gaia DR3 796063843195758208. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.