Its story

HIP 56005 has a visual magnitude of about 6.77: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56005: right ascension 11h 28m 38s, declination −54° 53′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 56005. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56005, HD 99845, Gaia DR3 5346480263374435200. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.