Its story

HIP 48874 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 48874: right ascension 9h 58m 7s, declination +22° 39′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo constellation (IAU figure Leo).

HIP 48874. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48874, HD 86312, Gaia DR3 641812188700867072. In the SkyKeepsake Leo (Leo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.