Its story

HIP 53966 has a visual magnitude of about 8.34: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 53966: right ascension 11h 2m 25s, declination −73° 27′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Chamaeleon constellation (IAU figure Cha).

HIP 53966. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 53966, HD 95999, Gaia DR3 5226264369262069760. In the SkyKeepsake Chamaeleon (Cha) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.