Its story

HIP 55553 has a visual magnitude of about 8.02: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55553: right ascension 11h 22m 44s, declination −19° 52′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).

HIP 55553. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55553, HD 98888, Gaia DR3 3545618033972573696. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.