Its story

HIP 18431 has a visual magnitude of about 8.30: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 18431: right ascension 3h 56m 28s, declination +23° 9′ 0″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 18431. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 18431, HD 24711, Gaia DR3 65437644983224320. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.