Its story

HIP 55894 has a visual magnitude of about 7.31: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55894: right ascension 11h 27m 24s, declination −18° 31′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).

HIP 55894. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55894, HD 99598, Gaia DR3 3546139236843454464. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.