Its story

HIP 17697 has a visual magnitude of about 7.94: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17697: right ascension 3h 47m 25s, declination +12° 30′ 29″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 17697. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17697, HD 23680, Gaia DR3 37011283675102592. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.