Its story

HIP 17940 has a visual magnitude of about 8.05: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17940: right ascension 3h 50m 11s, declination +77° 10′ 46″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 17940. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17940, HD 23073, Gaia DR3 554209733631662208. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.