Its story

HIP 56130 has a visual magnitude of about 6.33: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56130: right ascension 11h 30m 21s, declination −25° 47′ 55″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).

HIP 56130. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56130, HD 100012, Gaia DR3 3533281204271557632. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.