Its story

HIP 17231 has a visual magnitude of about 8.06: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17231: right ascension 3h 41m 26s, declination +50° 49′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 17231. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17231, HD 22718, Gaia DR3 249928171344223232. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.