Its story

HIP 55409 has a visual magnitude of about 7.84: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55409: right ascension 11h 20m 52s, declination −23° 13′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).

HIP 55409. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55409, HD 98649, Gaia DR3 3538141457982396928. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.