Its story

HIP 54982 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 54982: right ascension 11h 15m 29s, declination −41° 3′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Antlia constellation (IAU figure Ant).

HIP 54982. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 54982, HD 97944, Gaia DR3 5395369704292063104. In the SkyKeepsake Antlia (Ant) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.