Its story

HIP 59917 has a visual magnitude of about 7.68: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 59917: right ascension 12h 17m 27s, declination +44° 1′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Canes Venatici constellation (IAU figure CVn).

HIP 59917. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 59917, HD 106885, Gaia DR3 1538439663177112064. In the SkyKeepsake Canes Venatici (CVn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.