Its story

HIP 55005 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 55005: right ascension 11h 15m 44s, declination +39° 42′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 55005. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55005, HD 97858, Gaia DR3 765163786880701568. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.