Its story

HIP 17686 has a visual magnitude of about 8.04: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17686: right ascension 3h 47m 17s, declination +62° 28′ 30″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 17686. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17686, HD 23254, Gaia DR3 486983668563057536. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.