Its story

HIP 56279 has a visual magnitude of about 6.89: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56279: right ascension 11h 32m 15s, declination −12° 23′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).

HIP 56279. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56279, HD 100270, Gaia DR3 3586109954846520832. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.