Its story

HIP 18656 has a visual magnitude of about 6.79: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 18656: right ascension 3h 59m 38s, declination −56° 28′ 21″ (J2000), in the region of the Reticulum constellation (IAU figure Ret).

HIP 18656. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 18656, HD 25449, Gaia DR3 4683464272088609664. In the SkyKeepsake Reticulum (Ret) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.