Its story

HIP 48984 has a visual magnitude of about 8.10: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48984: right ascension 9h 59m 39s, declination +26° 10′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 48984. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48984, HD 86534, Gaia DR3 643708021624818816. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.