Its story

HIP 19856 has a visual magnitude of about 6.84: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 19856: right ascension 4h 15m 27s, declination −16° 26′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Eridanus constellation (IAU figure Eri).

HIP 19856. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 19856, HD 26994, Gaia DR3 5096665002414590208. In the SkyKeepsake Eridanus (Eri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.