Its story

HIP 55950 has a visual magnitude of about 6.61: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55950: right ascension 11h 27m 57s, declination +44° 52′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 55950. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55950, HD 99606, Gaia DR3 784513748421928704. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.