How to see it
HIP 55697 has a visual magnitude of about 7.59: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55697: right ascension 11h 24m 45s, declination +59° 39′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).
Catalog context
HIP 55697. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55697, HD 99071, Gaia DR3 857654189613716224. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 857654189613716224
- HIP
- 55697
- HD
- 99071
- gaia_dr3
- 857654189613716224
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 857654189613716224
- HD 99071
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 7.59