Its story

HIP 53688 has a visual magnitude of about 8.10: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 53688: right ascension 10h 59m 7s, declination +40° 59′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 53688. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 53688, HD 95072, Gaia DR3 778052193462283648. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.