Its story

HIP 18860 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 18860: right ascension 4h 2m 37s, declination −54° 44′ 55″ (J2000), in the region of the Reticulum constellation (IAU figure Ret).

HIP 18860. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 18860, HD 25808, Gaia DR3 4683673144938380288. In the SkyKeepsake Reticulum (Ret) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.