Its story

HIP 48227 has a visual magnitude of about 8.43: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48227: right ascension 9h 49m 58s, declination +25° 24′ 32″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo constellation (IAU figure Leo).

HIP 48227. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48227, HD 85053, Gaia DR3 643398676605056512. In the SkyKeepsake Leo (Leo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.