Its story

HIP 17271 has a visual magnitude of about 7.29: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17271: right ascension 3h 41m 55s, declination +43° 30′ 51″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 17271. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17271, HD 22846, Gaia DR3 243574093646043136. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.