Its story

HIP 55109 has a visual magnitude of about 6.68: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55109: right ascension 11h 17m 0s, declination −54° 46′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 55109. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55109, HD 98180, Gaia DR3 5346314030967348352. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.