Its story

HIP 55994 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 55994: right ascension 11h 28m 30s, declination +43° 57′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 55994. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55994, HD 99706, Gaia DR3 784227772318969472. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.