Its story

HIP 49251 has a visual magnitude of about 8.46: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49251: right ascension 10h 3m 13s, declination +49° 12′ 18″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 49251. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49251, HD 86943, Gaia DR3 823887259812621440. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.