Its story

HIP 56488 has a visual magnitude of about 9.05: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56488: right ascension 11h 34m 51s, declination +60° 41′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

HIP 56488. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56488, HD 100561, Gaia DR3 859488175009210368. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.