Its story

HIP 55917 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 55917: right ascension 11h 27m 39s, declination +46° 17′ 32″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 55917. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55917, HD 99559, Gaia DR3 785451528760639872. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.