the ob association lh 54 was catalogued by astronomers lucke and hodge in 1970, listed as containing 18 member stars. it is associated with ngc 1955, part of the n51 h region. the brightness and colour of lh54-425 were measured in 1974. in 1996 m.s. oey determined that lh54-425 has an apparent (visual) magnitude of 13.13 and classified it as an o3-class giant.