Its story

HIP 48817 has a visual magnitude of about 8.33: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48817: right ascension 9h 57m 28s, declination +29° 10′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 48817. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48817, HD 86167, Gaia DR3 743556802846956544. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.