Its story

HIP 56665 has a visual magnitude of about 7.69: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56665: right ascension 11h 37m 8s, declination +51° 9′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 56665. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56665, HD 100917, Gaia DR3 791831788579622656. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.