Its story

HIP 57257 has a visual magnitude of about 6.62: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 57257: right ascension 11h 44m 29s, declination +48° 30′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 57257. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 57257, HD 101998, Gaia DR3 787270052284137344. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.