Its story

HIP 61648 has a visual magnitude of about 8.33: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 61648: right ascension 12h 38m 17s, declination +72° 7′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 61648. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 61648, HD 110042, Gaia DR3 1689719475178253824. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.