Its story

HIP 17420 has a visual magnitude of about 6.82: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17420: right ascension 3h 43m 56s, declination −19° 6′ 37″ (J2000), in the region of the Eridanus constellation (IAU figure Eri).

HIP 17420. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17420, HD 23356, Gaia DR3 5107106033552702208. In the SkyKeepsake Eridanus (Eri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.