Its story

HIP 55706 has a visual magnitude of about 8.09: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55706: right ascension 11h 24m 54s, declination −61° 16′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 55706. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55706, HD 99313, Gaia DR3 5334461845383141376. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.