Its story

HIP 18602 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 18602: right ascension 3h 58m 50s, declination +57° 27′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 18602. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 18602, HD 24717, Gaia DR3 469733121405286400. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.