Its story

HIP 48986 has a visual magnitude of about 8.34: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48986: right ascension 9h 59m 40s, declination +47° 56′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 48986. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48986, HD 86414, Gaia DR3 823247034807576576. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.