Its story

HIP 56379 has a visual magnitude of about 6.69: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56379: right ascension 11h 33m 25s, declination −70° 11′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Musca constellation (IAU figure Mus).

HIP 56379. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56379, HD 100546, Gaia DR3 5233604915060520576. In the SkyKeepsake Musca (Mus) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.