Its story

HIP 55470 has a visual magnitude of about 7.11: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55470: right ascension 11h 21m 36s, declination +40° 25′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 55470. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55470, HD 98681, Gaia DR3 770499510651955712. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.