Its story

HIP 54178 has a visual magnitude of about 8.12: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 54178: right ascension 11h 4m 57s, declination +38° 24′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 54178. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 54178, HD 96016, Gaia DR3 764839392295737216. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.