Its story

HIP 56683 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 56683: right ascension 11h 37m 20s, declination −12° 20′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).

HIP 56683. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56683, HD 100998, Gaia DR3 3585413444293310464. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.