Its story

HIP 60568 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 60568: right ascension 12h 24m 55s, declination +72° 22′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 60568. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 60568, HD 108173, Gaia DR3 1690172680127294720. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.