Its story

HIP 56781 has a visual magnitude of about 8.15: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56781: right ascension 11h 38m 28s, declination −48° 26′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 56781. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56781, HD 101202, Gaia DR3 5371977555754988544. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.