Its story

HIP 18172 has a visual magnitude of about 7.97: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 18172: right ascension 3h 53m 12s, declination +63° 29′ 0″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 18172. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 18172, HD 23982, Gaia DR3 487177766729716224. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.