Its story

HIP 55459 has a visual magnitude of about 7.51: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55459: right ascension 11h 21m 29s, declination +58° 29′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 55459. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55459, HD 98618, Gaia DR3 856774374153131008. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.