Its story

HIP 18699 has a visual magnitude of about 8.05: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 18699: right ascension 4h 0m 22s, declination −66° 10′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Reticulum constellation (IAU figure Ret).

HIP 18699. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 18699, HD 25729, Gaia DR3 4669371487958141952. In the SkyKeepsake Reticulum (Ret) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.