Its story

HIP 54493 has a visual magnitude of about 6.92: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 54493: right ascension 11h 8m 57s, declination −19° 24′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).

HIP 54493. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 54493, HD 96838, Gaia DR3 3551980942121445888. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.