Its story

HIP 18986 has a visual magnitude of about 7.18: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 18986: right ascension 4h 4m 7s, declination +39° 30′ 33″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 18986. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 18986, HD 25444, Gaia DR3 226778843075710976. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.