Its story

HIP 17643 has a visual magnitude of about 7.98: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17643: right ascension 3h 46m 50s, declination +11° 11′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 17643. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17643, HD 23612, Gaia DR3 36300724286382336. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.