Its story

HIP 55802 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 55802: right ascension 11h 26m 2s, declination −20° 34′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).

HIP 55802. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55802, HD 99380, Gaia DR3 3544760380542598272. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.