Its story

HIP 17379 has a visual magnitude of about 6.57: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17379: right ascension 3h 43m 18s, declination +12° 47′ 38″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 17379. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17379, Gaia DR3 37819699599347072. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.