Its story

HIP 57253 has a visual magnitude of about 6.83: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 57253: right ascension 11h 44m 24s, declination −20° 41′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).

HIP 57253. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 57253, HD 102036, Gaia DR3 3542459686821115136. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.