Its story

HIP 49491 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 49491: right ascension 10h 6m 15s, declination +40° 55′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 49491. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49491, HD 87485, Gaia DR3 803829728182612352. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.