Its story

HIP 55761 has a visual magnitude of about 7.73: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55761: right ascension 11h 25m 32s, declination +42° 38′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 55761. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55761, HD 99233, Gaia DR3 771710863228139392. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.