Its story

HIP 57006 has a visual magnitude of about 7.47: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 57006: right ascension 11h 41m 12s, declination −50° 11′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 57006. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 57006, HD 101598, Gaia DR3 5370103614289072128. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.