Its story

HIP 55979 has a visual magnitude of about 6.39: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55979: right ascension 11h 28m 18s, declination −72° 28′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Musca constellation (IAU figure Mus).

HIP 55979. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55979, HD 99872, Gaia DR3 5227739398477553280. In the SkyKeepsake Musca (Mus) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.