Its story

HIP 15040 has a visual magnitude of about 7.14: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 15040: right ascension 3h 13m 50s, declination +49° 34′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 15040. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 15040, HD 19893, Gaia DR3 436422248405849088. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.