Its story

HIP 55318 has a visual magnitude of about 7.83: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55318: right ascension 11h 19m 42s, declination −54° 44′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 55318. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55318, HD 98543, Gaia DR3 5346638215093727232. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.