Its story

HIP 18242 has a visual magnitude of about 7.70: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 18242: right ascension 3h 54m 6s, declination +60° 21′ 0″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 18242. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 18242, HD 24151, Gaia DR3 473439678179325568. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.