Its story

HIP 56310 has a visual magnitude of about 8.43: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 56310: right ascension 11h 32m 39s, declination −18° 52′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Crater constellation (IAU figure Crt).

HIP 56310. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 56310, HD 100347, Gaia DR3 3545372739799500800. In the SkyKeepsake Crater (Crt) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.