Its story

HIP 17171 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 17171: right ascension 3h 40m 40s, declination −53° 44′ 18″ (J2000), in the region of the Horologium constellation (IAU figure Hor).

HIP 17171. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17171, HD 23202, Gaia DR3 4732436623069186048. In the SkyKeepsake Horologium (Hor) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.