Its story

HIP 55313 has a visual magnitude of about 8.12: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55313: right ascension 11h 19m 40s, declination −22° 13′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).

HIP 55313. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55313, HD 98493, Gaia DR3 3538459491721210880. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.