Its story

HIP 53963 has a visual magnitude of about 6.14: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 53963: right ascension 11h 2m 25s, declination −26° 49′ 55″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).

HIP 53963. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 53963, HD 95698, Gaia DR3 3535397867233456768. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.