Its story

HIP 18861 has a visual magnitude of about 6.86: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 18861: right ascension 4h 2m 37s, declination −68° 56′ 50″ (J2000), in the region of the Reticulum constellation (IAU figure Ret).

HIP 18861. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 18861, HD 26088, Gaia DR3 4666742108979280768. In the SkyKeepsake Reticulum (Ret) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.