Its story

HIP 17709 has a visual magnitude of about 8.24: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17709: right ascension 3h 47m 35s, declination −36° 44′ 56″ (J2000), in the region of the Eridanus constellation (IAU figure Eri).

HIP 17709. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17709, HD 23929, Gaia DR3 4856837155342570496. In the SkyKeepsake Eridanus (Eri) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.