Its story

HIP 17434 has a visual magnitude of about 6.74: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17434: right ascension 3h 44m 6s, declination +44° 53′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 17434. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17434, HD 23082, Gaia DR3 244541457720905344. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.