Its story

HIP 17279 has a visual magnitude of about 7.99: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17279: right ascension 3h 42m 0s, declination +38° 49′ 27″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 17279. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17279, HD 22885, Gaia DR3 224301991273603840. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.