Its story

HIP 56538 has a visual magnitude of about 7.10: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56538: right ascension 11h 35m 35s, declination +58° 12′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 56538. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56538, HD 100678, Gaia DR3 846067364281554816. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.