Its story

HIP 59685 has a visual magnitude of about 8.16: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 59685: right ascension 12h 14m 22s, declination +47° 2′ 53″ (J2000), in the region of the Canes Venatici constellation (IAU figure CVn).

HIP 59685. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 59685, HD 106420, Gaia DR3 1545138300330867456. In the SkyKeepsake Canes Venatici (CVn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.