Its story

HIP 13980 has a visual magnitude of about 7.32: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 13980: right ascension 3h 0m 4s, declination +55° 11′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 13980. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 13980, HD 18439, Gaia DR3 459473166084902656. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.