Its story

HIP 17909 has a visual magnitude of about 7.72: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17909: right ascension 3h 49m 47s, declination +21° 9′ 36″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 17909. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17909, HD 23951, Gaia DR3 63639080180666368. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.