Its story

HIP 48997 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 48997: right ascension 9h 59m 47s, declination +31° 28′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 48997. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48997, HD 86512, Gaia DR3 744983419184539136. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.