Its story

HIP 55898 has a visual magnitude of about 7.27: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55898: right ascension 11h 27m 29s, declination −24° 5′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).

HIP 55898. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55898, HD 99611, Gaia DR3 3534805642783327232. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.