Its story

HIP 17521 has a visual magnitude of about 7.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17521: right ascension 3h 45m 4s, declination +40° 4′ 46″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 17521. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17521, HD 23231, Gaia DR3 224755780337220736. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.