Its story

HIP 56450 has a visual magnitude of about 7.76: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56450: right ascension 11h 34m 28s, declination −13° 48′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).

HIP 56450. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56450, HD 100578, Gaia DR3 3585147950890333696. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.