Its story

HIP 49551 has a visual magnitude of about 8.14: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49551: right ascension 10h 7m 2s, declination +14° 9′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo constellation (IAU figure Leo).

HIP 49551. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49551, Gaia DR3 3882088726876425728. In the SkyKeepsake Leo (Leo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.