Its story

HIP 56837 has a visual magnitude of about 8.28: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56837: right ascension 11h 39m 6s, declination +44° 18′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 56837. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56837, HD 101227, Gaia DR3 773579856901877248. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.