Its story

HIP 56426 has a visual magnitude of about 7.97: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56426: right ascension 11h 34m 8s, declination +53° 46′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 56426. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56426, HD 100469, Gaia DR3 841146981028431744. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.