Its story

HIP 55004 has a visual magnitude of about 7.33: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55004: right ascension 11h 15m 44s, declination +45° 51′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 55004. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55004, HD 97812, Gaia DR3 788192679968041600. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.