Its story

HIP 17042 has a visual magnitude of about 7.78: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17042: right ascension 3h 39m 12s, declination +41° 16′ 58″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 17042. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17042, HD 22544, Gaia DR3 237115184387741952. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.