Its story

HIP 17436 has a visual magnitude of about 6.22: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17436: right ascension 3h 44m 6s, declination −40° 39′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Caelum constellation (IAU figure Cae).

HIP 17436. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17436, HD 23508, Gaia DR3 4855008495706330368. In the SkyKeepsake Caelum (Cae) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.