Its story

HIP 55027 has a visual magnitude of about 7.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55027: right ascension 11h 15m 56s, declination −10° 36′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).

HIP 55027. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55027, HD 97953, Gaia DR3 3566531844642886144. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.