Its story

HIP 55394 has a visual magnitude of about 8.36: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55394: right ascension 11h 20m 33s, declination +43° 23′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 55394. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55394, HD 98527, Gaia DR3 783858095892978560. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.