Its story

HIP 48492 has a visual magnitude of about 8.13: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48492: right ascension 9h 53m 23s, declination +33° 55′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 48492. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48492, HD 85545, Gaia DR3 795193682820593408. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.