Its story

HIP 57242 has a visual magnitude of about 7.66: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 57242: right ascension 11h 44m 16s, declination +44° 29′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 57242. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 57242, HD 101967, Gaia DR3 773643461073236352. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.