Its story

HIP 52978 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 52978: right ascension 10h 50m 13s, declination +60° 36′ 32″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 52978. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 52978, HD 93671, Gaia DR3 861697300027696896. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.