Its story

HIP 19879 has a visual magnitude of about 6.80: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 19879: right ascension 4h 15m 47s, declination −18° 38′ 25″ (J2000), in the region of the Eridanus constellation (IAU figure Eri).

HIP 19879. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 19879, HD 27040, Gaia DR3 5093296648543626496. In the SkyKeepsake Eridanus (Eri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.