Its story

HIP 55788 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 55788: right ascension 11h 25m 49s, declination −26° 1′ 46″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).

HIP 55788. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55788, HD 99348, Gaia DR3 3533400054605703680. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.