Its story

HIP 56331 has a visual magnitude of about 8.32: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56331: right ascension 11h 32m 53s, declination −63° 38′ 48″ (J2000), in the region of the Crux constellation (IAU figure Cru).

HIP 56331. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56331, HD 100444, Gaia DR3 5333604604263853056. In the SkyKeepsake Crux (Cru) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.