Its story

HIP 54521 has a visual magnitude of about 8.40: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 54521: right ascension 11h 9m 18s, declination −77° 47′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Chamaeleon constellation (IAU figure Cha).

HIP 54521. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 54521, HD 97240, Gaia DR3 5201122936381243392. In the SkyKeepsake Chamaeleon (Cha) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.