Its story

HIP 18318 has a visual magnitude of about 6.21: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 18318: right ascension 3h 54m 59s, declination −14° 54′ 22″ (J2000), in the region of the Eridanus constellation (IAU figure Eri).

HIP 18318. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 18318, HD 24693, Gaia DR3 5109859519905771904. In the SkyKeepsake Eridanus (Eri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.