Its story

HIP 48161 has a visual magnitude of about 8.31: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48161: right ascension 9h 48m 60s, declination +12° 5′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo constellation (IAU figure Leo).

HIP 48161. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48161, HD 84951, Gaia DR3 613396959948300288. In the SkyKeepsake Leo (Leo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.