Its story

HIP 17300 has a visual magnitude of about 7.47: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17300: right ascension 3h 42m 12s, declination +14° 47′ 35″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 17300. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17300, Gaia DR3 41368029780423040. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.