Its story

HIP 56216 has a visual magnitude of about 6.97: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56216: right ascension 11h 31m 27s, declination +57° 8′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 56216. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56216, HD 100082, Gaia DR3 845848664546978048. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.