Its story

HIP 18873 has a visual magnitude of about 8.48: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 18873: right ascension 4h 2m 44s, declination +46° 59′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 18873. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 18873, HD 25246, Gaia DR3 245894922177155328. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.