Its story

HIP 48957 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 48957: right ascension 9h 59m 13s, declination +59° 11′ 12″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 48957. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48957, HD 86236, Gaia DR3 1049920393484018816. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.