Its story

HIP 56556 has a visual magnitude of about 6.30: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56556: right ascension 11h 35m 45s, declination −61° 34′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 56556. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56556, Gaia DR3 5334209301310842112. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.