Its story

HIP 17943 has a visual magnitude of about 6.71: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17943: right ascension 3h 50m 13s, declination +34° 49′ 11″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 17943. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17943, HD 23922, Gaia DR3 219583230964526464. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.