Its story

HIP 54240 has a visual magnitude of about 7.32: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 54240: right ascension 11h 5m 50s, declination +29° 59′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 54240. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 54240, HD 96198, Gaia DR3 732763653111599744. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.