Its story

HIP 48596 has a visual magnitude of about 8.23: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48596: right ascension 9h 54m 37s, declination +28° 41′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 48596. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48596, HD 85745, Gaia DR3 743438158670456576. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.