Its story

HIP 17540 has a visual magnitude of about 7.89: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17540: right ascension 3h 45m 21s, declination +60° 21′ 3″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 17540. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17540, HD 23074, Gaia DR3 474143193821024256. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.