Its story

HIP 57431 has a visual magnitude of about 7.39: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 57431: right ascension 11h 46m 25s, declination +51° 55′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 57431. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 57431, HD 102262, Gaia DR3 792159443044747392. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.