Its story

HIP 52698 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 52698: right ascension 10h 46m 29s, declination −19° 45′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).

HIP 52698. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 52698, HD 93353, Gaia DR3 3554030122557714560. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.