Its story

HIP 56771 has a visual magnitude of about 6.93: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56771: right ascension 11h 38m 21s, declination −60° 39′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 56771. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56771, HD 101222, Gaia DR3 5335811736452738688. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.