Its story

HIP 17177 has a visual magnitude of about 8.08: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17177: right ascension 3h 40m 45s, declination +33° 38′ 5″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 17177. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17177, HD 278933, Gaia DR3 217784223780549376. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.