Its story

HIP 48312 has a visual magnitude of about 8.30: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48312: right ascension 9h 50m 57s, declination +10° 52′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo constellation (IAU figure Leo).

HIP 48312. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48312, HD 85269, Gaia DR3 613053225125738112. In the SkyKeepsake Leo (Leo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.