Its story

HIP 56506 has a visual magnitude of about 6.52: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56506: right ascension 11h 35m 3s, declination −53° 14′ 32″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 56506. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56506, HD 100724, Gaia DR3 5345513620850032384. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.