Its story

HIP 56904 has a visual magnitude of about 6.67: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56904: right ascension 11h 39m 54s, declination −50° 29′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 56904. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56904, HD 101410, Gaia DR3 5370073270336594304. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.