Its story

HIP 17951 has a visual magnitude of about 6.29: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17951: right ascension 3h 50m 17s, declination −32° 17′ 7″ (J2000), in the region of the Eridanus constellation (IAU figure Eri).

HIP 17951. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17951, HD 24248, Gaia DR3 4862652266183767808. In the SkyKeepsake Eridanus (Eri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.