Its story

HIP 17968 has a visual magnitude of about 6.84: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17968: right ascension 3h 50m 30s, declination −60° 25′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Reticulum constellation (IAU figure Ret).

HIP 17968. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17968, HD 24501, Gaia DR3 4680564615111795328. In the SkyKeepsake Reticulum (Ret) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.