Its story

HIP 61156 has a visual magnitude of about 8.03: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 61156: right ascension 12h 31m 54s, declination +72° 10′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 61156. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 61156, HD 109178, Gaia DR3 1689406110068717568. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.