Its story

HIP 18677 has a visual magnitude of about 6.14: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 18677: right ascension 3h 59m 59s, declination −61° 53′ 41″ (J2000), in the region of the Reticulum constellation (IAU figure Ret).

HIP 18677. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 18677, HD 25581, Gaia DR3 4679467611745264384. In the SkyKeepsake Reticulum (Ret) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.