Its story

HIP 17688 has a visual magnitude of about 6.17: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17688: right ascension 3h 47m 20s, declination −50° 45′ 15″ (J2000), in the region of the Horologium constellation (IAU figure Hor).

HIP 17688. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17688, HD 24023, Gaia DR3 4829431896739922688. In the SkyKeepsake Horologium (Hor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.