Its story

HIP 13973 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 13973: right ascension 2h 59m 58s, declination +26° 53′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Aries constellation (IAU figure Ari).

HIP 13973. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 13973, HD 18561, Gaia DR3 115377875432247680. In the SkyKeepsake Aries (Ari) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.