Its story

HIP 55981 has a visual magnitude of about 6.78: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55981: right ascension 11h 28m 23s, declination −23° 49′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).

HIP 55981. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55981, HD 99754, Gaia DR3 3534815435308778368. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.