Its story

HIP 17340 has a visual magnitude of about 7.76: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17340: right ascension 3h 42m 41s, declination +21° 16′ 54″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 17340. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17340, HD 23041, Gaia DR3 63561740706077056. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.