Its story

HIP 13840 has a visual magnitude of about 7.95: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 13840: right ascension 2h 58m 9s, declination +42° 6′ 40″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 13840. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 13840, HD 18338, Gaia DR3 336336934742190464. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.