Its story

HIP 59946 has a visual magnitude of about 10.49: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 59946: right ascension 12h 17m 47s, declination +69° 30′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Minor constellation (IAU figure UMi).

HIP 59946. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 59946, Gaia DR3 1683444631038133248. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Minor (UMi) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.