Its story

HIP 48160 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 48160: right ascension 9h 48m 59s, declination +29° 28′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 48160. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48160, HD 84871, Gaia DR3 744321856781520512. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.