Its story

HIP 18717 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 18717: right ascension 4h 0m 37s, declination +17° 17′ 47″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 18717. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 18717, HD 25175, Gaia DR3 46607718083564416. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.