Its story

HIP 18056 has a visual magnitude of about 7.43: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 18056: right ascension 3h 51m 33s, declination −17° 10′ 0″ (J2000), in the region of the Eridanus constellation (IAU figure Eri).

HIP 18056. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 18056, HD 24316, Gaia DR3 5107766874400178176. In the SkyKeepsake Eridanus (Eri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.