Its story

HIP 59868 has a visual magnitude of about 7.23: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 59868: right ascension 12h 16m 42s, declination +39° 35′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Canes Venatici constellation (IAU figure CVn).

HIP 59868. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 59868, HD 106784, Gaia DR3 1532879153702173184. In the SkyKeepsake Canes Venatici (CVn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.