Its story

HIP 18942 has a visual magnitude of about 6.67: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 18942: right ascension 4h 3m 37s, declination −20° 9′ 32″ (J2000), in the region of the Eridanus constellation (IAU figure Eri).

HIP 18942. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 18942, HD 25661, Gaia DR3 5094182614397133440. In the SkyKeepsake Eridanus (Eri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.