Its story

HIP 18688 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 18688: right ascension 4h 0m 10s, declination +40° 0′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 18688. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 18688, HD 25022, Gaia DR3 229864351878562048. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.