Its story

HIP 55859 has a visual magnitude of about 7.86: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55859: right ascension 11h 26m 54s, declination +63° 6′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 55859. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55859, HD 99402, Gaia DR3 863695284453854848. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.