Its story

HIP 55272 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 55272: right ascension 11h 19m 12s, declination +55° 54′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 55272. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55272, HD 98316, Gaia DR3 844193418509941376. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.