Its story

HIP 54743 has a visual magnitude of about 8.33: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 54743: right ascension 11h 12m 31s, declination −31° 8′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Antlia constellation (IAU figure Ant).

HIP 54743. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 54743, HD 97446, Gaia DR3 5404147998968062976. In the SkyKeepsake Antlia (Ant) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.