Its story

HIP 55600 has a visual magnitude of about 7.68: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55600: right ascension 11h 23m 23s, declination −12° 5′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).

HIP 55600. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55600, HD 98990, Gaia DR3 3565337053460785152. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.