Its story

HIP 53986 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 53986: right ascension 11h 2m 38s, declination +36° 20′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo Minor constellation (IAU figure LMi).

HIP 53986. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 53986, HD 95618, Gaia DR3 762874878549725184. In the SkyKeepsake Leo Minor (LMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.