Its story

HIP 17049 has a visual magnitude of about 6.44: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17049: right ascension 3h 39m 17s, declination +13° 53′ 28″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 17049. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17049, HD 22682, Gaia DR3 41201178891455872. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.