Its story

HIP 17769 has a visual magnitude of about 8.09: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17769: right ascension 3h 48m 15s, declination +34° 36′ 2″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 17769. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17769, HD 23678, Gaia DR3 218122048726423808. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.