Its story

HIP 13981 has a visual magnitude of about 7.82: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 13981: right ascension 3h 0m 5s, declination −16° 3′ 59″ (J2000), in the region of the Eridanus constellation (IAU figure Eri).

HIP 13981. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 13981, HD 18721, Gaia DR3 5153920764760174592. In the SkyKeepsake Eridanus (Eri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.