Its story

HIP 17960 has a visual magnitude of about 7.35: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17960: right ascension 3h 50m 23s, declination +17° 28′ 31″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 17960. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17960, HD 24040, Gaia DR3 43802039287826432. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.