Its story

HIP 49172 has a visual magnitude of about 8.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49172: right ascension 10h 2m 6s, declination +21° 41′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo constellation (IAU figure Leo).

HIP 49172. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49172, HD 86897, Gaia DR3 629497933347545984. In the SkyKeepsake Leo (Leo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.