Its story

HIP 55518 has a visual magnitude of about 6.38: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55518: right ascension 11h 22m 16s, declination −58° 23′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 55518. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55518, HD 98897, Gaia DR3 5339606563379239040. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.