Its story

HIP 54581 has a visual magnitude of about 7.88: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 54581: right ascension 11h 10m 13s, declination +35° 20′ 6″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 54581. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 54581, HD 96951, Gaia DR3 761789420054941952. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.