Its story

HIP 56517 has a visual magnitude of about 8.35: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56517: right ascension 11h 35m 13s, declination −9° 16′ 18″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).

HIP 56517. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56517, HD 100702, Gaia DR3 3590192338440180224. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.