Its story

HIP 18542 has a visual magnitude of about 7.99: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 18542: right ascension 3h 57m 59s, declination +15° 37′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 18542. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 18542, HD 24886, Gaia DR3 40184920909671424. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.