Its story

HIP 17838 has a visual magnitude of about 6.85: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17838: right ascension 3h 49m 0s, declination −26° 1′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Eridanus constellation (IAU figure Eri).

HIP 17838. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17838, HD 24070, Gaia DR3 5081933161508910208. In the SkyKeepsake Eridanus (Eri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.