Its story

HIP 17747 has a visual magnitude of about 7.12: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17747: right ascension 3h 48m 0s, declination +40° 31′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 17747. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17747, HD 23596, Gaia DR3 224870885460646016. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.