Its story

HIP 59044 has a visual magnitude of about 6.92: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 59044: right ascension 12h 6m 19s, declination +46° 17′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Canes Venatici constellation (IAU figure CVn).

HIP 59044. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 59044, HD 105140, Gaia DR3 1539799381103837440. In the SkyKeepsake Canes Venatici (CVn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.