Its story

HIP 18286 has a visual magnitude of about 6.88: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 18286: right ascension 3h 54m 37s, declination −46° 25′ 1″ (J2000), in the region of the Caelum constellation (IAU figure Cae).

HIP 18286. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 18286, HD 24805, Gaia DR3 4834818953960017792. In the SkyKeepsake Caelum (Cae) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.