Its story

HIP 17553 has a visual magnitude of about 6.93: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17553: right ascension 3h 45m 33s, declination −25° 54′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Eridanus constellation (IAU figure Eri).

HIP 17553. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17553, HD 23616, Gaia DR3 5081983395448065024. In the SkyKeepsake Eridanus (Eri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.