Its story
HIP 55531 has a visual magnitude of about 6.90: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55531: right ascension 11h 22m 29s, declination −8° 50′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).
HIP 55531. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55531, HD 98853, Gaia DR3 3590981615990418944. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 55531
- Right ascension
- 11h 22m 29s
- Declination
- −8° 50′ 33″
- Magnitude
- 6.90
- Distance
- ≈ 437 ly
Data: gaia-dr3