Its story

HIP 53697 has a visual magnitude of about 8.29: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 53697: right ascension 10h 59m 10s, declination +6° 55′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Leo constellation (IAU figure Leo).

HIP 53697. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 53697, HD 95132, Gaia DR3 3864770044349813760. In the SkyKeepsake Leo (Leo) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.