Its story

HIP 56654 has a visual magnitude of about 6.09: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56654: right ascension 11h 36m 60s, declination −22° 56′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).

HIP 56654. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56654, HD 100949, Gaia DR3 3540273307949393280. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.