Its story

HIP 48852 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 48852: right ascension 9h 57m 51s, declination +62° 27′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 48852. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48852, HD 85987, Gaia DR3 1051478126583104128. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.