Its story

HIP 55639 has a visual magnitude of about 6.32: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55639: right ascension 11h 23m 53s, declination −19° 54′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).

HIP 55639. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55639, HD 99056, Gaia DR3 3545603534163042048. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.