Its story

HIP 48398 has a visual magnitude of about 8.32: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48398: right ascension 9h 52m 2s, declination +23° 0′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo constellation (IAU figure Leo).

HIP 48398. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48398, HD 85398, Gaia DR3 642114794916730240. In the SkyKeepsake Leo (Leo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.