Its story

HIP 55972 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 55972: right ascension 11h 28m 11s, declination +55° 40′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 55972. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55972, HD 99620, Gaia DR3 843293674401959168. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.