Its story

HIP 54497 has a visual magnitude of about 8.07: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 54497: right ascension 11h 8m 58s, declination −48° 24′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 54497. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 54497, HD 96910, Gaia DR3 5350272066652779520. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.