Its story

HIP 55083 has a visual magnitude of about 8.48: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 55083: right ascension 11h 16m 39s, declination −75° 13′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Chamaeleon constellation (IAU figure Cha).

HIP 55083. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 55083, HD 98294, Gaia DR3 5225502613865767936. In the SkyKeepsake Chamaeleon (Cha) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.