Its story

HIP 55497 has a visual magnitude of about 6.40: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55497: right ascension 11h 21m 56s, declination −77° 36′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Chamaeleon constellation (IAU figure Cha).

HIP 55497. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55497, HD 99015, Gaia DR3 5200481371349292544. In the SkyKeepsake Chamaeleon (Cha) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.