Its story

HIP 55256 has a visual magnitude of about 6.64: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55256: right ascension 11h 19m 3s, declination +62° 10′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 55256. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55256, HD 98261, Gaia DR3 862126831117152000. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.