How to see it
HIP 56502 has a visual magnitude of about 8.30: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Sky position
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56502: right ascension 11h 35m 0s, declination +43° 37′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).
Catalog context
HIP 56502. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56502, HD 100616, Gaia DR3 772053807777019648. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
Catalog identifiers
- Gaia
- Gaia DR3 772053807777019648
- HIP
- 56502
- HD
- 100616
- gaia_dr3
- 772053807777019648
Also known as
- Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 772053807777019648
- HD 100616
Observed properties
- Visual magnitude
- 8.30