Its story

HIP 19491 has a visual magnitude of about 7.86: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 19491: right ascension 4h 10m 30s, declination −40° 32′ 9″ (J2000), in the region of the Caelum constellation (IAU figure Cae).

HIP 19491. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 19491, HD 26586, Gaia DR3 4843789182134980608. In the SkyKeepsake Caelum (Cae) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.