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17 Lib has a visual magnitude of about 6.60: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for 17 Lib: right ascension 14h 58m 13s, declination −11° 9′ 17″ (J2000), in the region of the Libra constellation (IAU figure Lib).

17 Lib. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 73249, HD 132230, Gaia DR3 6313776300792416384. In the SkyKeepsake Libra (Lib) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.