Its story

HIP 56961 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 56961: right ascension 11h 40m 37s, declination −62° 34′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 56961. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56961, HD 101545, Gaia DR3 5334093882620678016. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.