Its story

HIP 56100 has a visual magnitude of about 6.73: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56100: right ascension 11h 29m 58s, declination −17° 46′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).

HIP 56100. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56100, HD 99969, Gaia DR3 3547786477060451968. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.