Its story

HIP 55944 has a visual magnitude of about 6.83: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55944: right ascension 11h 27m 56s, declination +44° 33′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 55944. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55944, HD 99607, Gaia DR3 784314496298465024. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.