Its story

HIP 56315 has a visual magnitude of about 8.10: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56315: right ascension 11h 32m 45s, declination −8° 56′ 52″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).

HIP 56315. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56315, HD 100344, Gaia DR3 3590413993112530944. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.