Its story

HIP 49088 has a visual magnitude of about 8.50: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 49088: right ascension 10h 1m 9s, declination +31° 32′ 60″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 49088. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 49088, HD 86729, Gaia DR3 744976268063158016. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.