Its story

HIP 17493 has a visual magnitude of about 6.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17493: right ascension 3h 44m 51s, declination −48° 3′ 42″ (J2000), in the region of the Horologium constellation (IAU figure Hor).

HIP 17493. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17493, HD 23670, Gaia DR3 4833348803834391040. In the SkyKeepsake Horologium (Hor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.