Its story

HIP 47462 has a visual magnitude of about 8.21: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 47462: right ascension 9h 40m 31s, declination +9° 25′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo constellation (IAU figure Leo).

HIP 47462. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 47462, HD 83699, Gaia DR3 588499034533441408. In the SkyKeepsake Leo (Leo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.