Its story

HIP 48786 has a visual magnitude of about 8.22: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48786: right ascension 9h 57m 2s, declination +19° 45′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo constellation (IAU figure Leo).

HIP 48786. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48786, Gaia DR3 627699888238838528. In the SkyKeepsake Leo (Leo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.