Its story
HIP 17661 has a visual magnitude of about 8.34: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.
Equatorial coordinates for HIP 17661: right ascension 3h 46m 57s, declination +58° 57′ 39″ (J2000), in the region of the Camelopardalis constellation (IAU figure Cam).
HIP 17661. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 17661, HD 23278, Gaia DR3 473241869166026880. In the SkyKeepsake Camelopardalis (Cam) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 17661
- Right ascension
- 3h 46m 57s
- Declination
- +58° 57′ 39″
- Magnitude
- 8.34
- Distance
- ≈ 1,654 ly
Data: gaia-dr3