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HIP 56944

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HIP 56944 has a visual magnitude of about 6.33: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56944: right ascension 11h 40m 27s, declination +57° 58′ 14″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 56944. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56944, HD 101391, Gaia DR3 846011838944319232. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

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FactsHIP 56944
Right ascension
11h 40m 27s
Declination
+57° 58′ 14″
Magnitude
6.33
Distance
≈ 503 ly
Data: gaia-dr3