Its story

HIP 17000 has a visual magnitude of about 6.70: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17000: right ascension 3h 38m 41s, declination +22° 39′ 34″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 17000. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17000, HD 22578, Gaia DR3 64679840952155264. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.