Its story

HIP 55308 has a visual magnitude of about 6.26: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55308: right ascension 11h 19m 36s, declination −75° 8′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Chamaeleon constellation (IAU figure Cha).

HIP 55308. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55308, HD 98672, Gaia DR3 5225506771394571264. In the SkyKeepsake Chamaeleon (Cha) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.