Its story

HIP 17784 has a visual magnitude of about 8.11: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17784: right ascension 3h 48m 24s, declination +31° 57′ 45″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 17784. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17784, HD 23699, Gaia DR3 216824040893216640. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.