How to see it

HIP 56881 has a visual magnitude of about 10.62: it is a telescope star and remains difficult or invisible to the naked eye even in good conditions.

Sky position

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56881: right ascension 11h 39m 38s, declination +45° 56′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Ursa Major constellation (IAU figure UMa).

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Catalog context

HIP 56881. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56881, Gaia DR3 785986131929674752. In the SkyKeepsake Ursa Major (UMa) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.

Catalog identifiers

Gaia

Gaia DR3 785986131929674752

HIP

56881

gaia_dr3

785986131929674752

Also known as

• Gaia DR3 TOP 5M 785986131929674752

Observed properties

Visual magnitude

10.62