Its story

HIP 18979 has a visual magnitude of about 7.69: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 18979: right ascension 4h 3m 59s, declination +43° 59′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 18979. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 18979, HD 25389, Gaia DR3 233093445733382656. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.