Its story

HIP 55490 has a visual magnitude of about 8.05: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55490: right ascension 11h 21m 51s, declination +45° 19′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 55490. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55490, HD 98696, Gaia DR3 785006741947407616. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.