Its story

HIP 59587 has a visual magnitude of about 8.31: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 59587: right ascension 12h 13m 12s, declination +70° 52′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 59587. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 59587, HD 106249, Gaia DR3 1684111381761097728. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.