Its story

HIP 55003 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 55003: right ascension 11h 15m 43s, declination −57° 21′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 55003. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55003, HD 98025, Gaia DR3 5339921436013991936. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.