Its story

HIP 18229 has a visual magnitude of about 8.21: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 18229: right ascension 3h 53m 49s, declination −57° 5′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Reticulum constellation (IAU figure Ret).

HIP 18229. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 18229, HD 24812, Gaia DR3 4683015327747090432. In the SkyKeepsake Reticulum (Ret) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.