Its story

HIP 56543 has a visual magnitude of about 8.11: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56543: right ascension 11h 35m 38s, declination −50° 43′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 56543. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56543, HD 100786, Gaia DR3 5369911058009191424. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.