Its story

HIP 56550 has a visual magnitude of about 6.18: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56550: right ascension 11h 35m 42s, declination −61° 17′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 56550. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56550, HD 100826, Gaia DR3 5335714395314185728. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.