Its story

HIP 56474 has a visual magnitude of about 7.55: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56474: right ascension 11h 34m 43s, declination +51° 58′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 56474. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56474, HD 100562, Gaia DR3 840002836101337088. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.