Its story

HIP 56558 has a visual magnitude of about 6.22: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56558: right ascension 11h 35m 44s, declination −72° 50′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Musca constellation (IAU figure Mus).

HIP 56558. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56558, HD 100901, Gaia DR3 5226965204852946944. In the SkyKeepsake Musca (Mus) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.