Its story

HIP 56166 has a visual magnitude of about 7.53: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56166: right ascension 11h 30m 51s, declination −6° 43′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).

HIP 56166. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56166, HD 100070, Gaia DR3 3593243036530582528. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.