Its story

HIP 55044 has a visual magnitude of about 6.39: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55044: right ascension 11h 16m 4s, declination +52° 46′ 24″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 55044. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55044, HD 97855, Gaia DR3 842361185463337728. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.