Its story

HIP 57179 has a visual magnitude of about 6.59: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 57179: right ascension 11h 43m 33s, declination −52° 37′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 57179. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 57179, HD 101927, Gaia DR3 5345415145841155840. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.