Its story

3 UMi has a visual magnitude of about 6.41: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for 3 UMi: right ascension 14h 6m 56s, declination +74° 35′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

3 UMi. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 68956, HD 124063, Gaia DR3 1712013379100616192. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.