Its story

HIP 62945 has a visual magnitude of about 6.99: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 62945: right ascension 12h 53m 56s, declination +87° 38′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 62945. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 62945, HD 114282, Gaia DR3 1728757807321883648. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.