Its story

HIP 55883 has a visual magnitude of about 8.18: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55883: right ascension 11h 27m 14s, declination +54° 57′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 55883. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55883, HD 99472, Gaia DR3 843197638933262080. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.