Its story

HIP 59973 has a visual magnitude of about 8.94: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 59973: right ascension 12h 17m 59s, declination +32° 44′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Canes Venatici constellation (IAU figure CVn).

HIP 59973. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 59973, HD 106971, Gaia DR3 4016315903805043712. In the SkyKeepsake Canes Venatici (CVn) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.