Its story

HIP 55019 has a visual magnitude of about 6.53: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55019: right ascension 11h 15m 54s, declination −47° 55′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 55019. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55019, HD 98022, Gaia DR3 5374164419962927744. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.