Its story

HIP 17305 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 17305: right ascension 3h 42m 16s, declination +22° 47′ 10″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 17305. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17305, HD 22992, Gaia DR3 65022510623526272. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.