Its story

HIP 17990 has a visual magnitude of about 8.07: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17990: right ascension 3h 50m 43s, declination +78° 19′ 44″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).

HIP 17990. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17990, HD 23036, Gaia DR3 554884249655518848. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.