Its story

HIP 56839 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 56839: right ascension 11h 39m 9s, declination −58° 35′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 56839. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56839, HD 101314, Gaia DR3 5336413272377772288. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.