Its story

HIP 47542 has a visual magnitude of about 8.49: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 47542: right ascension 9h 41m 34s, declination +44° 12′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 47542. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 47542, HD 83697, Gaia DR3 820839516660524672. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.