Its story

HIP 55385 has a visual magnitude of about 7.82: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55385: right ascension 11h 20m 28s, declination −26° 9′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).

HIP 55385. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55385, HD 98593, Gaia DR3 3531940830876939264. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.