Its story

HIP 48577 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 48577: right ascension 9h 54m 28s, declination +16° 2′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo constellation (IAU figure Leo).

HIP 48577. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48577, Gaia DR3 616829875768312064. In the SkyKeepsake Leo (Leo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.