Its story

HIP 17969 has a visual magnitude of about 6.58: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17969: right ascension 3h 50m 30s, declination +34° 3′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 17969. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17969, HD 23962, Gaia DR3 217295044183494400. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.