Its story

HIP 55974 has a visual magnitude of about 8.11: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55974: right ascension 11h 28m 12s, declination +47° 27′ 23″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 55974. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55974, HD 99632, Gaia DR3 788744222494327168. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.