Its story

HIP 56418 has a visual magnitude of about 6.46: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56418: right ascension 11h 34m 4s, declination −16° 2′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).

HIP 56418. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56418, HD 100537, Gaia DR3 3548574517660023168. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.