Its story

HIP 53178 has a visual magnitude of about 6.88: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 53178: right ascension 10h 52m 41s, declination −16° 35′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).

HIP 53178. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 53178, HD 94269, Gaia DR3 3557307698000395264. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.