Its story

HIP 17490 has a visual magnitude of about 8.12: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17490: right ascension 3h 44m 48s, declination +40° 56′ 19″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 17490. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17490, HD 23192, Gaia DR3 225073814076355200. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.