Its story

HIP 56246 has a visual magnitude of about 6.82: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56246: right ascension 11h 31m 48s, declination −73° 54′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Chamaeleon constellation (IAU figure Cha).

HIP 56246. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56246, HD 100359, Gaia DR3 5226787874240308480. In the SkyKeepsake Chamaeleon (Cha) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.