Its story

HIP 66856 has a visual magnitude of about 7.93: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 66856: right ascension 13h 42m 5s, declination +22° 37′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Coma Berenices constellation (IAU figure Com).

HIP 66856. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 66856, HD 119287, Gaia DR3 1443458282492786688. In the SkyKeepsake Coma Berenices (Com) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.