Its story

HIP 18456 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 18456: right ascension 3h 56m 38s, declination −58° 29′ 16″ (J2000), in the region of the Reticulum constellation (IAU figure Ret).

HIP 18456. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 18456, HD 25159, Gaia DR3 4681188008141263872. In the SkyKeepsake Reticulum (Ret) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.