Its story

HIP 55541 has a visual magnitude of about 8.00: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55541: right ascension 11h 22m 35s, declination −23° 43′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).

HIP 55541. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55541, HD 98864, Gaia DR3 3535063134662163968. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.