Its story

HIP 58959 has a visual magnitude of about 8.01: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 58959: right ascension 12h 5m 23s, declination +31° 12′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Canes Venatici constellation (IAU figure CVn).

HIP 58959. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 58959, HD 104998, Gaia DR3 4014392578797689344. In the SkyKeepsake Canes Venatici (CVn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.