Its story

HIP 61157 has a visual magnitude of about 7.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 61157: right ascension 12h 31m 55s, declination +68° 30′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 61157. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 61157, HD 109154, Gaia DR3 1682548456045964032. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.