Its story

HIP 17955 has a visual magnitude of about 6.60: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17955: right ascension 3h 50m 19s, declination −75° 53′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Mensa constellation (IAU figure Men).

HIP 17955. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17955, HD 24940, Gaia DR3 4628676569749373184. In the SkyKeepsake Mensa (Men) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.