Its story

HIP 48841 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 48841: right ascension 9h 57m 45s, declination +12° 24′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo constellation (IAU figure Leo).

HIP 48841. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48841, Gaia DR3 614777465516406400. In the SkyKeepsake Leo (Leo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.