Its story
HIP 55218 has a visual magnitude of about 6.66: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55218: right ascension 11h 18m 29s, declination +42° 18′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).
HIP 55218. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55218, HD 98247, Gaia DR3 771654307099023232. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 55218
- Right ascension
- 11h 18m 29s
- Declination
- +42° 18′ 58″
- Magnitude
- 6.66
- Distance
- ≈ 570 ly
Data: gaia-dr3