Its story

HIP 54696 has a visual magnitude of about 8.34: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 54696: right ascension 11h 11m 52s, declination +52° 5′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 54696. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 54696, HD 97178, Gaia DR3 839312823835196032. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.