How to see it
HIP 55418 has a visual magnitude of about 7.23: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55418: right ascension 11h 20m 56s, declination +51° 45′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).
Catalog context
HIP 55418. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55418, HD 98572, Gaia DR3 839375324199603712. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 839375324199603712
- HIP
- 55418
- HD
- 98572
- gaia_dr3
- 839375324199603712
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 839375324199603712
- HD 98572
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 7.23