Its story

HIP 49597 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 49597: right ascension 10h 7m 28s, declination +26° 47′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 49597. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49597, HD 87717, Gaia DR3 739123228366600960. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.