Its story

HIP 18048 has a visual magnitude of about 6.08: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 18048: right ascension 3h 51m 26s, declination −40° 5′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Caelum constellation (IAU figure Cae).

HIP 18048. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 18048, HD 24416, Gaia DR3 4843436303326385536. In the SkyKeepsake Caelum (Cae) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.