Its story

HIP 56801 has a visual magnitude of about 8.38: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56801: right ascension 11h 38m 40s, declination −16° 11′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).

HIP 56801. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56801, HD 101199, Gaia DR3 3548340149884360704. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.