Its story

HIP 57744 has a visual magnitude of about 7.72: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 57744: right ascension 11h 50m 29s, declination −17° 44′ 24″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).

HIP 57744. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 57744, HD 102859, Gaia DR3 3544230828253555712. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.