Its story

HIP 56979 has a visual magnitude of about 7.80: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56979: right ascension 11h 40m 51s, declination +60° 6′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 56979. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56979, HD 101439, Gaia DR3 858478548456889088. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.