Its story

HIP 56260 has a visual magnitude of about 6.47: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56260: right ascension 11h 31m 57s, declination −6° 28′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).

HIP 56260. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56260, HD 100238, Gaia DR3 3593276228037925760. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.