Its story

HIP 18871 has a visual magnitude of about 7.51: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 18871: right ascension 4h 2m 44s, declination +58° 56′ 57″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 18871. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 18871, HD 25132, Gaia DR3 470430005616372352. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.