Its story

HIP 18997 has a visual magnitude of about 7.73: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 18997: right ascension 4h 4m 13s, declination −58° 57′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Reticulum constellation (IAU figure Ret).

HIP 18997. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 18997, HD 26059, Gaia DR3 4681808304496994304. In the SkyKeepsake Reticulum (Ret) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.