Its story

HIP 17872 has a visual magnitude of about 7.17: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17872: right ascension 3h 49m 27s, declination +57° 7′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 17872. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17872, HD 23603, Gaia DR3 445838088032779392. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.