Its story

HIP 18657 has a visual magnitude of about 6.56: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 18657: right ascension 3h 59m 40s, declination +38° 49′ 13″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 18657. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 18657, HD 24982, Gaia DR3 226648658323602944. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.