Its story

HIP 48860 has a visual magnitude of about 10.61: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 48860: right ascension 9h 57m 56s, declination +42° 51′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 48860. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 48860, Gaia DR3 807942760662152064. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.