Its story

HIP 53996 has a visual magnitude of about 6.86: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 53996: right ascension 11h 2m 46s, declination −59° 44′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Carina constellation (IAU figure Car).

HIP 53996. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 53996, HD 95880, Gaia DR3 5338535913946566400. In the SkyKeepsake Carina (Car) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.