Its story

HIP 17729 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 17729: right ascension 3h 47m 47s, declination +25° 23′ 8″ (J2000), in the region of the Taurus constellation (IAU figure Tau).

HIP 17729. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17729, HD 23664, Gaia DR3 69948253997063424. In the SkyKeepsake Taurus (Tau) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.