Its story

HIP 49846 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 49846: right ascension 10h 10m 39s, declination +16° 2′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo constellation (IAU figure Leo).

HIP 49846. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49846, HD 88232, Gaia DR3 621757886884093696. In the SkyKeepsake Leo (Leo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.