Its story

HIP 18596 has a visual magnitude of about 6.96: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 18596: right ascension 3h 58m 44s, declination +68° 1′ 26″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 18596. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 18596, HD 24513, Gaia DR3 493335993915961472. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.