Its story

HIP 17989 has a visual magnitude of about 8.27: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17989: right ascension 3h 50m 42s, declination +54° 47′ 4″ (J2000), in the region of the Perseus constellation (IAU figure Per).

HIP 17989. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17989, HD 23820, Gaia DR3 444567499263327872. In the SkyKeepsake Perseus (Per) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.