Its story

HIP 49232 has a visual magnitude of about 8.28: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49232: right ascension 10h 2m 59s, declination +38° 36′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 49232. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49232, HD 86965, Gaia DR3 802997569679878272. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.