Its story

HIP 56018 has a visual magnitude of about 6.82: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56018: right ascension 11h 28m 51s, declination +42° 47′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 56018. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56018, HD 99761, Gaia DR3 771915166232750720. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.